Tuesday 30 April 2024
19:00
Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness (in collaboration with Intelligence Squared)
Backed by numerous studies and extensive research, Jonathan argues that the decline of free play in childhood and the rise of smartphone use among adolescents are the twin sources of the dramatic increase in mental distress among teenagers.
Jonathan is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Anxious Generation (2024) and The Righteous Mind (2012). He is the co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind (2018). His latest book is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,
‘Urgent and essential . . . it ought to become a foundational text for the growing movement to keep smartphones out of schools, and young children off social media’
Author, academic and social psychologist
Jonathan is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is the author of The Anxious Generation (2024) and The Righteous Mind (2012). He is the co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind (2018). His latest book is The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,
