#haidt — Public Fediverse posts

[en] Haidt: dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, civic life

"Social psychologist Jonathan #Haidt presented a forceful analysis of the #damage #smartphones and social media are doing to our #cognition, our civic fabric, and our #children’s #wellbeing ..."

"... our collective inability to put our phones away, our #compulsion to check social media ... is causing a host of societal problems" ... "far beyond any rise in #anxiety and #depression."

"... the #destruction of the human capacity to pay #attention. ... if we can’t focus or stay on a task for more than 30 seconds."

"We allowed a few giant companies to own our children’s attention ..."

"The good news is, there is human agency"

https://news.mit.edu/2026/personal-tech-social-media-and-humanity-decline-0306

#manipulation #addiction #bigtech #socialmedia #mit #stern #nyu

[en] Haidt: dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, civic life

"Social psychologist Jonathan #Haidt presented a forceful analysis of the #damage #smartphones and social media are doing to our #cognition, our civic fabric, and our #children’s #wellbeing ..."

"... our collective inability to put our phones away, our #compulsion to check social media ... is causing a host of societal problems" ... "far beyond any rise in #anxiety and #depression."

"... the #destruction of the human capacity to pay #attention. ... if we can’t focus or stay on a task for more than 30 seconds."

"We allowed a few giant companies to own our children’s attention ..."

"The good news is, there is human agency"

https://news.mit.edu/2026/personal-tech-social-media-and-humanity-decline-0306

#manipulation #addiction #bigtech #socialmedia #mit #stern #nyu

[en] Haidt: dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, civic life

"Social psychologist Jonathan #Haidt presented a forceful analysis of the #damage #smartphones and social media are doing to our #cognition, our civic fabric, and our #children’s #wellbeing ..."

"... our collective inability to put our phones away, our #compulsion to check social media ... is causing a host of societal problems" ... "far beyond any rise in #anxiety and #depression."

"... the #destruction of the human capacity to pay #attention. ... if we can’t focus or stay on a task for more than 30 seconds."

"We allowed a few giant companies to own our children’s attention ..."

"The good news is, there is human agency"

https://news.mit.edu/2026/personal-tech-social-media-and-humanity-decline-0306

#manipulation #addiction #bigtech #socialmedia #mit #stern #nyu

[en] Haidt: dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, civic life

"Social psychologist Jonathan #Haidt presented a forceful analysis of the #damage #smartphones and social media are doing to our #cognition, our civic fabric, and our #children’s #wellbeing ..."

"... our collective inability to put our phones away, our #compulsion to check social media ... is causing a host of societal problems" ... "far beyond any rise in #anxiety and #depression."

"... the #destruction of the human capacity to pay #attention. ... if we can’t focus or stay on a task for more than 30 seconds."

"We allowed a few giant companies to own our children’s attention ..."

"The good news is, there is human agency"

https://news.mit.edu/2026/personal-tech-social-media-and-humanity-decline-0306

#manipulation #addiction #bigtech #socialmedia #mit #stern #nyu

[en] Haidt: dramatic global decay in cognition, attention spans, civic life

"Social psychologist Jonathan #Haidt presented a forceful analysis of the #damage #smartphones and social media are doing to our #cognition, our civic fabric, and our #children’s #wellbeing ..."

"... our collective inability to put our phones away, our #compulsion to check social media ... is causing a host of societal problems" ... "far beyond any rise in #anxiety and #depression."

"... the #destruction of the human capacity to pay #attention. ... if we can’t focus or stay on a task for more than 30 seconds."

"We allowed a few giant companies to own our children’s attention ..."

"The good news is, there is human agency"

https://news.mit.edu/2026/personal-tech-social-media-and-humanity-decline-0306

#manipulation #addiction #bigtech #socialmedia #mit #stern #nyu