Books

The Anxious Generation

Penguin Press·Published 2024·By Jonathan Haidt
6 think pieces
benchugg.com·review·Ben Chugg
Book review: The Anxious Generation

Haidt's *Anxious Generation* cherry-picks evidence to oversell social media's harm to teens, ignoring conflicting data, weak effect sizes, and a far messier scientific reality.

Score: 76Read at benchugg.com
The Guardian·review·Blake Montgomery
The Anxious Generation wants to save teens. But the bestseller’s anti-tech logic is skewed | Books | The Guardian

Haidt's bestseller blames smartphones for the teen mental health crisis, but critics say his evidence is selective and the real causes are far more complex.

Score: 74Read at theguardian.com
Techdirt·essay·Mike Masnick
Jonathan Haidt’s Book ‘The Anxious Generation’ Is Coddling The American Parent; Giving Them Clear, Simple & Wrong Explanations For What’s Ailing Teens | Techdirt

Haidt's viral book blames social media for teen mental health crisis—but leading researchers say he's cherry-picking flawed data to tell parents what they want to hear.

Score: 73Read at techdirt.com
Platformer·feature
Inside the debate over The Anxious Generation

Haidt's viral book blames smartphones for teen mental illness — but researchers say his evidence is selective and the science remains unsettled.

Score: 72Read at platformer.news
Joan Ganz Cooney Center·commentary·Maximilian Milovidov
We're Not The Anxious Generation

A Gen-Z teen pushes back on Haidt's *Anxious Generation* thesis: phones didn't break his generation — a broken world did, and teens aren't just passive victims.

Score: 72Read at joanganzcooneycenter.org
Steps to Phaeacia (Substack)·review·Ben Chugg
Book review: The Anxious Generation - by Ben Chugg

Chugg argues Haidt's *The Anxious Generation* dangerously oversimplifies the social media–mental health literature, misleading readers while ignoring conflicting data, effect sizes, and alternative explanations.

Score: 72Read at stepstophaeacia.com