Jeff JarvisApr 14, 2023
Oh, FFS. Orgasms cause dopamine. So do apples, bananas, oranges, and watermelon. Ban them all! Then can we ban the adrenaline raised by Jonathan Haidt's #MoralPanics?
Fareed Zakaria: TikTok is dangerously addictive. We should regulate it now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/14/tiktok-teens-mental-health-regulation/
TikTok is dangerously addictive. We should regulate it now.

The popular app is tied to declines in teenagers' mental health.

The Washington Post
Show threadKevinApr 14, 2023
@jeffjarvis More research needs to be done here. There's no doubt that addictive social media is changing our brains and impacting our mental health. To what degree though is hard to say. And right now there is just a correlation with negative mental health outcomes.
Show threadJeff Jarvis
@thestrangelet
"No doubt"? I have plenty of doubt. "Chaging our brains" is utter bullshit. And have you heard that correlation is not causation?
Apr 14, 2023 at 7:16pmWeb
Show threadKevinApr 14, 2023
@jeffjarvis If youd like to look at research on how social media changes our brains: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=how+social+media+changes+our+brains&t=canonical&ia=web and of course correlation is not causation, that why I said more research is needed.
how social media changes our brains at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

Show threadJeff JarvisApr 14, 2023
@thestrangelet
Amy Orben: "the association of well-being with regularly eating potatoes was nearly as negative as the assocation with technology use and wearing glasses was more negatively assocated with well-being."
There's lots of research. I'm writing a book chapter about it now.
So I'm too busy to continue this.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0506-1
The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use - Nature Human Behaviour

Adolescents regularly use digital technology, but its impact on their psychological well-being is unclear. Here, the authors examine three large datasets and find only a small negative association: digital technology use explains at most 0.4% of well-being.

Nature
Show threadKevinApr 14, 2023
@jeffjarvis Hey, no worries. I guess we're both fucked when it comes to wearing glasses. I'm legitimately interested in this topic and would love to read your book when it's available. If you do find some time to discuss further, I'm down.