Doctors Are Seeing ‘The Most Insane Things’ From Social Media Addicted Children | Jonathan Haidt

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“We're messing with kids' dopamine systems, we're addicting them to the quick-swipe, to the bright colours, we're interfering with their development.” Removing harmful content from social media platforms will not solve the childhood addiction crisis, because the underlying technology is intentionally engineered to disrupt sleep, exercise, and healthy brain development, says psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Baroness Kidron and Jonathan Haidt were speaking to John Pienaar on Times Radio Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 4–7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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