Geoff Laughton

Aug 19, 2024 | city-journal.org | Mark Johnson |Julian Adorney |Geoff Laughton

Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation observes that young people are shifting from a play-based to a phone-based childhood, in what he calls the “Great Rewiring.” If this Great Rewiring is real, it will have profound implications not only for the health of Generation Z but also for American democracy. Haidt tells a story of declining agency abetted by technological advancement.