TED2026 – Jonathan Haidt. apr2026.
Humans aren’t just social — we’re ultrasocial, wired like bees and ants for deep connection. So what happens when smartphones take over childhood, tablets replace textbooks and AI companies infiltrate our kids’ lives?
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out three principles of technoskepticism — and explains why, two years after sounding the alarm in his book “The Anxious Generation,” he’s more concerned (and hopeful) than ever before.
Source – TED2026 – How screens stole childhood – and how to get it back
Are smartphones ruining childhood?
TED Membership – Jonathan Haidt. – aug2024.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s latest book, “The Anxious Generation,” is shaping cultural conversations and sparking fierce debates about the role of smartphones in society. In this timely conversation, he investigates how a smartphone-based childhood, amplified by overprotective parenting, is driving the mental health crisis among young people.
He also explores the push for phone bans in schools and the concrete steps we can take to improve the mental health of young people around the world. (This conversation was hosted by Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily. Visit ted.com/membership to support TED today and join more exclusive events like this one.)
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
- LetGrow.org – The Let Grow Experience
Source – TED Membership – Jonathan Haidt. – aug2024 – Are smartphones ruining childhood?
