There’s been a lot of debate lately about the potential effects of smartphones and social media on young people’s mental health. Some states like states like Florida and Utah have even tried to ban kids from using social media apps until they reach a certain age. But Mikey Jensen, professor of clinical psychology and director of the Interactions and Relationships Lab at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, said outright bans could do more harm than good.
On the show today: How smartphones and social media are reshaping our lives. And why we should focus on the quality of kids’ online time instead of the amount of it.
Then, we’ll get into the cost of a major ransomware attack for a health care company and its clients. And, the mini pencil economy and what a history professor got wrong about ancient Rome.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
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The origins of the Fed’s 2% inflation target
The welfare-to-work industrial complex
The U.S. is graying. What does that mean for the economy?
A medical brain drain out of Texas
The Titanic sub and the migrant shipwreck
The economic status of Black Americans
What it really takes to live in New York City
The fringe medical group pushing anti-LGBTQ laws
Reddit’s pricing protest
Live from Seattle Part 2: We talk to Lindy West
EV batteries, industrial policy and you
Make Me Smart: Live in Seattle
What’s behind the climate culture wars? (rerun)
Financially Inclined: What you need to know before investing in the stock market
A Fedspeak dilemma: to “skip” or “pause” rates?
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” is in the spotlight
The real story behind the red-blue hiring divide
YouTube’s 180 on misinformation
A tale of two debt dramas on Capitol Hill
Extraordinary measures for extraordinary times
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