The Sour Aftertaste Of The Digital Age
Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025 - 03:40 PM
Authored by Mark Bauerlein via The Epoch Times,
As one state and school district after another bans cellphones in classrooms, we should pause for a moment and appreciate what a remarkable reversal has occurred.
Recent books by Jonathan Haidt and Christine Rosen, among others, have succeeded so well by saying what only a few years ago would have pegged them as alarmists and reactionaries. Haidt has chronicled the emotional damage the smartphone has done to kids, while Rosen details the damage screens have done to the habits of daily life, habits which humanize and enlighten us. To have said so in 2012 would have run up against a tidal wave of enthusiasm for social media, Wikipedia, texting, Google, etc. Now, they receive praise and agreement, as they should.
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