On: Air traffic controllers pushed to the brink

[rowanG077]

I'm not sure phones can explain it. Even when I was in high school 10 years ago everyone had a smartphone with social media.

[uoaei → rowanG077]

You didn't have the same platforms nor the same dynamics on them. Social media has evolved over the past decade.

[spurgu → uoaei]

Yup. Things like filters & algorithms have "improved" significantly.

[rowanG077 → uoaei]

Definitely. But then smartphones are not to blame. The algorithms are.

[MandieD → rowanG077]

But you didn’t have ubiquitous smartphones and tablets when you were 6-10 years old, and weren’t handed a smartphone to head off a tantrum during the absolutely critical brain development years before school.

[rowanG077 → MandieD]

I don't think there is any evidence that smartphone usage by kids has any impact on brain development.