(03-31-2024, 09:55 AM)homebiscuit Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 02:55 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/statu...5oDJA&s=19

I heard this guy talk on the radio.  He brought up a couple of startling points which clearly indicate the harmful effects that social media and smartphones have caused with the current generation of children and young adults. 

The first was a discussion with different groups of teenagers and college students. When asked how many actively participated in social media, almost all raised their hands. When then asked how many wished they had never participated at all, nearly the same number again raised their hands. They know it's self-destructive but young minds craving social acceptance overrides self-discipline. 

The other was both startling and unsurprising. Up until 2010, teenaged boys and men in their 20s suffered more broken bones than any other segment of the population because teenaged boys and men in their 20s are more daring than any other segment of the population. Today, those two groups are less likely to suffer broken bones than their fathers and grandfathers. In just 14 years, technology has turned social and biological norms on their head. 

Scary stuff.