Program Information

Jonathan Haidt with Tristan Harris: Social Media and the Epidemic of Childhood Mental Illness

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Excessive screen time on phones coincides with the sharp increase in depression, anxiety, and self-harm in young people

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Featured Speakers/Commentators:

Jonathan Haidt, Tristan Harris

Contributor:

Maria Gilardin Contact Contributor

Date Published:

May 1, 2024, midnight

Summary: Jonathan Haidt is the author of The Anxious Generation and the Epidemic of Childhood Mental Illness, published in March 2024. He is in conversation with Tristan Harris, an ex-employee of Google. Harris had a key role in the Netflix documentary film The Social Dilemma and explained how the design of social media platforms manipulates people's views, emotions, and behavior.

Thanks to the Commonwealth Club of California Jonathan Haidt and Tristan Harris appeared together on stage on April 1, 2024.

This is a 24 minute excerpt of their conversation. For the full hour recording, that also shows the images of the graphs that present the specific data for mental illnesses, the decline of reading and math scores and the proof that this has become an international phenomenon - go to the website of the Commonwealth Club of California. You can also search for the film on YouTube under the title: Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation and the Epidemic of Childhood Mental Illness.

DATE: April 1, 2024
LOCATION: Commonwealth Club of California

Credits: CREDIT: Commonwealth Club of California

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