Opinion

Screen addiction is a disease. Blame wealth

Smartphone addiction, culture wars and low birth rates are all byproducts of modern success that are difficult to fix.

Janan GaneshContributor

Apr 10, 2024 – 9.16am

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The evidence is strong, if not quite conclusive, that smartphones damage children – and girls in particular.

Governments should enact at least some of the legal curbs proposed in Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation.

Financial Times

Janan Ganesh is the principal political columnist for the Financial Times.

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