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Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Psychologist Jean Twenge's landmark essay argued from national trend data that the arrival of the smartphone coincided with sharp rises in teen depression, loneliness, and sleep loss — the argument that started the modern kids-and-phones debate. Her case is built on associations across very large datasets.
The Look Up read
The essay that framed a generation's debate is a psychologist's. Its evidence is correlational — strong patterns, honestly labeled — and it moved policy anyway.
The Look Up view
The patterns across huge datasets are real and worrying — and still correlational. The honest move is her question at the dinner table, not a verdict on a generation.
☀ Use it — Start the conversation at home with her question instead of a lecture: 'Have smartphones destroyed a generation?' Then actually listen.
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