Jonathan Haidt
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Ancient Wisdom Is Needed Today More Than Ever. Here Is My Book About It.
Hachette is re-issuing my first book, The Happiness Hypothesis. Here’s the new preface.
Thank You, Frances Haugen
To celebrate “The Social Reckoning” and the five-year anniversary of Frances Haugen’s testimony, we link to eight essays we ran on After Babel that draw on whistleblower…
Introducing the Tech & Society Lab at NYU Stern
Building a research program that keeps pace with technology as it changes childhood and…
The Many Lines of Evidence That Social Media is Not Safe For Teens
How to address those who still claim that this is all just a moral panic.
Are Phone-Free Schools Working?
Here is the evidence on all sides, across multiple outcomes.
Does Early Access to Social Media Harm Later Learning? New Evidence from Italy
Students who got social media accounts by age 12 progressed less than those who waited until age…
What the World Should Learn from Australia’s Social Media Law
Half a year since Australia restricted social media companies from providing accounts to kids under 16, signs of success are beginning to show.
Why Did We Let Big Tech Take Over Education?
Sophie Winkleman lays out the damage from the screen-based school day and shows how to roll it back.
What Does a 13-Year-Old See on Snapchat in a Normal Week?
Two new studies show that kids and teens frequently encounter graphic violence, sexual content, and adult strangers on the app.