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The Hamilton Minute

Not So Smart Phone

Aired: April 17, 2024
Ep ID: 81394

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“Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” Colossians 3:2 (NASB95).

 

My name is Abraham Hamilton, III and this is The Hamilton Minute.

 

Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at NYU-Stern, said the rise of smart phones are directly attributable to the decay of Gen Z and the rise of mental illness.

 

He said,

 

All of a sudden, boom, in the blink of an eye, childhood became about sitting down and looking at a screen, hour after hour, year after year. And that I believe is the major reason why rates of mental illness go skyrocketing around 2012, 2013.

 

The very concept of social media, “desperately fighting for attention,” has been detrimental to adolescents because they’re learning these behaviors during puberty.

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