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The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/677722/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Socializing is a crucial part of growing up. The pandemic brought it to a halt.

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/06/how-quarantine-will-affect-kids-social-development/613381/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

First He Came for Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones

The N.Y.U. professor Jonathan Haidt became a favorite in Silicon Valley for his work on what he called the “coddling” of young people. Now, he has an idea for fixing Gen Z.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/business/jonathan-haidt-smartphones-coddling.html?smid=em-share

Netanyahu Is Making Israel Radioactive

Things have gone terribly wrong in Gaza. They could get worse soon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/opinion/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu.html?smid=em-share

How German Atheists Made America Great Again

Taken together, two new books tell the century-long story of the revolutionary ideals that transformed the United States, and the counterrevolutionaries who fought them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/books/review/an-emancipation-of-the-mind-matthew-stewart-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-second-american-republic-manisha-sinha.html?smid=em-share

What Would You Have Israel Do to Defend Itself?

If the current Israeli military approach is inhumane, is there an alternative?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/24/opinion/gaza-israel-war.html?smid=em-share