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How Evil Is Tech? -

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How Evil Is Tech? -
Eighth graders who spend 10 or more hours a week on social media are 56 percent more likely to say they are unhappy than those who spend less time.
As Jean Twenge has demonstrated in book and essay, since the spread of the smartphone, teens are much
less likely to hang out with friends, they are less likely to date, they are less likely to work.
Surely the people in tech — who generally want to make the world a better place — don’t want to go down this road.
Teens who spend three or more hours a day on electronic devices are 35 percent more
likely to have a risk factor for suicide, like making a plan for how to do it.
Texting and other technologies give you more control over your social interactions
but also lead to thinner interactions and less real engagement with the world.
Some now believe tech is like the tobacco industry — corporations that make billions of dollars peddling a destructive addiction.