“Our kids are the least flourishing generation we know of”

[dr_dshiv]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jonathan-haidt.html

[sickofparadox]

https://archive.is/DLZRL

[dr_dshiv]

Counterpoint: https://www.sciencealert.com/playing-video-games-has-an-unex...

[cratermoon → dr_dshiv]

Oh video games, THAT old demon. Before video games it was comic books.

[orionblastar → cratermoon]

Nobody blames the parents or teachers. Is there some external factor? Japan has comic books and video games, and the parents and teachers make sure the children flourish.

[cratermoon → orionblastar]

> Is there some external factor?

Only if you consider the systemic economic inequities the US has accumulated since the Reagan era "external factors"