Скачать или смотреть The Anxious Generation: Did Social Media Rewire the Human Brain?

This video, titled "The Anxious Generation: Did Social Media Rewire the Human Brain?", explores the intersection of social psychology and the impact of technology on the human condition. Written with an urgent, humanistic, and observational tone, the piece investigates the dramatic "elbow" in data from approximately 2012, which shows a collapse in Gen Z mental health markers coinciding with the rise of ubiquitous smartphone use,.

The core of the video examines the biological process of myelination during puberty and explores how social media platforms are designed to "addict" the social brain through frequent dopamine hits. To address these challenges, the author debates four recovery norms, most notably advocating for phone-free schools and a restriction on social media use for children under the age of 16.

In essence, the video suggests that the introduction of the smartphone was not just a change in tool use, but a fundamental rewiring of the adolescent mind, much like how a path through a forest becomes a permanent road through constant, repetitive travel during a critical period of construction.