Oatmeal's Read of the Week

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to continue NC's pursuit of literacy, I will post an article every week that I thought was interesting, thought-provoking, or just entertaining. I might diversify, I'm open to suggestions, but generally I'll stray from political stuff.

ANYWAY

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...utm_source=twb

This was a really cool look at the iGen, the generation of kids born between 1995-2010, and how smartphones are affecting them, specifically in regards to depression. especially pertinent to the Dadcees crew who are bringing children into this atmosphere.

"You might expect that teens spend so much time in these new spaces because it makes them happy, but most data suggest that it does not. The Monitoring the Future survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and designed to be nationally representative, has asked 12th-graders more than 1,000 questions every year since 1975 and queried eighth- and 10th-graders since 1991. The survey asks teens how happy they are and also how much of their leisure time they spend on various activities, including nonscreen activities such as in-person social interaction and exercise, and, in recent years, screen activities such as using social media, texting, and browsing the web. The results could not be clearer: Teens who spend more time than average on screen activities are more likely to be unhappy, and those who spend more time than average on nonscreen activities are more likely to be happy."