Podcast HackHow Smartphones Are Rewiring Our BrainsBy Feel Better, Live More , Dr Rangan Chatterjee, Jonathan Haidt
In a Nutshell
In this May 2024 episode of Feel Better, Live More, psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains how smartphones and social media are negatively affecting children and adolescents.

Favorite Quote
We're exposing our children to predators online, but we won't let them stub their toe offline.
Jonathan Haidt
Introduction
Technology has significantly improved our lives, but our collective dependency on our devices has also become overwhelming.
As adults, we might find ways of 'detoxing' from the digital world, but our children are growing up immersed in it, and it's affecting their development.
On the Feel Better, Live More podcast, physician and author Dr. Rangan Chatterjee talks to leading health and wellbeing experts, offering science-based advice on how to lead a healthier life.
On this episode from May 2024, Dr. Chatterjee talks to social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about how social media and smartphones are rewiring children's brains.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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