Taylor Lorenz

We're getting the stress response and we want to mitigate that.

But that's not dopamine.

That's something else.

it's very silly and it doesn't fix the fundamental problem which is that like we have these big structural issues with the internet that we could fix we could build a more open equitable less profit driven internet that's more competitive it gives that puts users back in control but instead we're like down this other weird path and and we've been down these paths before too you know we've again we see it with every new form of technology i just think we're at a very scary point right now because these people

These people have gotten pretty far in their political effort, and there are some pretty scary laws that they want to pass.

Yeah, I think when we look at adults, often adults have more unhealthy behavior around the internet than children.

This goes back to this idea of people that didn't grow up native to this technology often struggle to navigate it and navigate it in a healthy way.

This is why you have a lot of boomers.

that are like on Facebook all the time, oversharing, using it in bad ways.

Or parents, you know, they'll chastise their kids for being on their phones, but they're also on their phones.

It's so hard for a lot of adults to stay off their phones.

So, you know, same with children.

There is no evidence that social media or the internet is causing some sort of like widespread mental health crisis among adults at all.

But a lot of adults do use it in unhealthy ways and I think exacerbate whatever issues they have, whether it's insecurity or,

um, you know, bad, you know, having bad mental health or whatever, they're, they're, you know, sometimes they're just wasting time on it.

Right.

And it feels like a time suck.

It's like you watched like TV for five hours.

You know, I remember before, uh, you know, before the days of social media, I would watch a lot more television and it's like, you feel like you just lost eight hours.

So I, I think the good thing about being an adult is that you have a lot more control over your life and steps with like the boomer thing.