Screens & Social Media
The device in the room, and the childhood being rebuilt around it.
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath: The Digital Delusion, AI in Schools, and Gen Z's Cognitive Decline
The first generation on record to score lower than its parents, and the neuroscientist who says the laptops did it.
With Jared Cooney HorvathTim Estes: AI and the Internet Kids Deserve
Most talk about kids and tech is about keeping them off it. Tim Estes makes the case for building technology safe enough that a child can actually use it.
With Tim EstesNicki Petrossi: Scrolling 2 Death, AI Companion Bots, and the Fight to Keep Kids Safe Online
The former social media exec now fighting Big Tech, and why keeping your kid off these platforms is an act of love, not deprivation.
With Nicki PetrossiMichaeleen Doucleff: Hunt, Gather, Parent, Dopamine Kids, and What Modern Parenting Gets Wrong
Lessons from cultures that raise capable kids, and why the dopamine story you have heard is wrong.
With Michaeleen DoucleffJustin Bieber Doesn't Own His Own Songs Anymore - What Coachella Revealed About Millennials and the Internet
A 31-year-old sat at a MacBook on the Coachella stage singing along to videos of his 12-year-old self. Ryan Vet on what Millennials were actually crying about.
Solo essay by Ryan VetDisagreement Used to Cost You Something
The Berlin Wall did not just divide, it eliminated the middle. Ryan Vet on the invisible wall doing the same thing now, and what disagreement used to require of us.
Solo essay by Ryan VetFrom Valentine's Day to "Love Is Love" - A Generational Timepiece on How We Redefined Love
Same calendar date, radically different meanings. Ryan Vet traces love through five generational versions, from duty and permanence to connection without cost.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Cost of Waiting: How Social Media Exposed Our Blind Spot About AI
Television we could see. Video games we could hear. Social media slipped into a pocket, and we hesitated. Ryan Vet on why AI will not give us that long.
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