About the author
Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist who studies morality, culture, institutions, and social media. His public writing turns research into broad arguments about how environments shape attention, development, disagreement, and collective life.
The Anxious Generation begins with a broad change Jonathan Haidt calls the Great Rewiring: during the early 2010s, smartphones and social platforms became central to adolescence at the same time that unsupervised play and independent movement continued to decline.
Where to start
Start with The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Jonathan Haidt argues that childhood's rapid shift from free play to smartphones and social media has carried serious developmental costs.
