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The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: Honest Review, Summary and the Science Debate

Would you let your ten year old move to Mars? Jonathan Haidt says we did exactly that with smartphones. Hailey reviews The Anxious Generation spoiler-free: the central argument, the four foundational harms, the four fixes, what critics like Candice Odgers say about the evidence, and who should pick it up.

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Books mentioned in this episode
iGen by Jean M. Twenge
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
The Gardener and the Carpenter by Alison Gopnik

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:25 Welcome
1:01 The Review
10:40 What The Book Asks You To Do
12:17 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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