Screenage Wasteland

Teen mental health issues and suicide numbers are on the rise. Is the most obvious explanation the right one? The New Yorker: Has Social Media Fuelled a Teen-Suicide Crisis? “Research paints a complex picture of the role of technology in emotional states, and restricting teens’ social-media use could cause harms of its own. Research accrues slowly, whereas technology and its uses are evolving faster than anyone can fully keep up with. Caught between the two, will the law be able to devise an effective response to the crisis?” Anything “the law” would do at this point would be like tossing of feather in front of a runaway train.