2024-09-12
40 分钟Young people have been reporting a sharp rise in anxiety and depression. This maps neatly onto the global rise of the smartphone. Some researchers are convinced that one is causing the other. But how strong is the evidence?
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I am going to say a dirty word.
Screen time.
That simple and suddenly terrifying word includes all the hours that you spend streaming movies, playing video games, especially the hours you spend caught in the vortex of social media and news and communication that gushes from your phone.
Everyone seems to have something to say about screen time.
From the American Academy of Pediatrics to religious and educational leaders to the New York Times opinion section.
Especially the New York Times opinion section, our own devices scold us with reminders to get off Instagram to hold the phone further away to avoid eye strain.
If you have an iPhone, you know that it tracks the hours you spend on it every day and then makes a point to tell you that number, that always surprisingly large number.
The people we are most worried about when it comes to screen time are children and teenagers.