Jean Twinge Is My Hero
Jean Twnge was the first psychologist to sound the alarm about phone use in children and adolescents. Around 2016, she noticed that...
"A Dark Consensus About Screens and Kids Begins to Emerge in Silicon Valley"
It looks like the best and the brightest have sown dragon's teeth – again. While the experts continue to cautiously debate the effects of...
"Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?"
This title looks very much like clickbait – but in fact it points to a long Atlantic article by Jean M. Twenge (of "narcissism epidemic"...
“When Silicon Valley Takes LSD”
This is the title of a segment on CNN describing a curious phenomenon – the extent to which IT developers and entrepreneurs have become...
Learning 2.0?
A new study in educational psychology purportedly shows that “Gamification of Learning Deactivates the Default Mode Network.” The...
Say yes to excessive TV viewing?
This is the message of a recent op-ed piece by Lisa Pryor, medical doctor and author. The title says it all: “Relax and Let Your Kids...
Why read?
The Science Daily and other outlets report on a study done by Rose Turner, a graduate student in psychology, investigating the...
Aunt Lola’s Cabin
I can’t quite get Alex Tizon’s Atlantic feature, “My Family’s Slave,” out of my mind. It may be a case of unhealthy “compulsion” – as...
Who is most “academically adrift” – and why?
Seven years ago, sociologists-turned-education-experts Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa published a book (under the same name) in which they...
How Google Took Over the Classroom
This is the title of a recent NYT article, for those who missed it. It describes in great detail the questionable sales tactics the tech...