I remember reading a book called 30 Days Without Social Media by Harper Daniels. It was short, but it got me to do mindfulness everyday instead of staring at a screen. Think of how much of our lives are spent staring at screens...social media is a massive trap.
Wife and I went to see Dave Landau, Mark Normand, Anthony Jeselnik, and Sam Morrill this year, and going to Drew Lynch this weekend. We've enjoyed the openers, some more than others, but can confirm, we didn't even know who the opener was, so certainly weren't there to see them. But none were so bad that we were upset we had to sit through it or something. Landau's ooener Derek Richards was hilarious. He killed. The other openers weren't very memorable, for me.
Haidt skews his figures by restricting the scope of his presentation to figures that go back no further than the year 2000 to make it look as if there is a clear connection between smartphones and social media and the uptick reported depression and self-harm. In the 1980's and 1990's the recorded rates of reported youth depression and self-harm were actually higher at their peak than they are now. All of this long before modern social media and smartphones even existed. And if you go back even further than that you find other peaks that are almost as high but bear in mind some of them are likely to be even higher than the official figures because in the early 20th Century depression and self-harm rates for groups such as blacks or immigrants were very likely not much figured into those studies. As for suicide, Haidt never tells you that suicide rates remained stable or regressed in other first world countries with access to social media, or that US suicide rates are almost at any even level with those of the 1950s. Gee, that whole "we are living in a time of unprecedented teen depression and self-harm" claim of Jonathan Haidt's is suddenly not looking so unprecedented now, is it?
Jonathan Haidt. You are a treasure. A Superhero WE need. Thank you
I remember reading a book called 30 Days Without Social Media by Harper Daniels. It was short, but it got me to do mindfulness everyday instead of staring at a screen. Think of how much of our lives are spent staring at screens...social media is a massive trap.
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Wife and I went to see Dave Landau, Mark Normand, Anthony Jeselnik, and Sam Morrill this year, and going to Drew Lynch this weekend. We've enjoyed the openers, some more than others, but can confirm, we didn't even know who the opener was, so certainly weren't there to see them. But none were so bad that we were upset we had to sit through it or something. Landau's ooener Derek Richards was hilarious. He killed. The other openers weren't very memorable, for me.
Agreed. These UA-cam videos are longer than they need to be.
651 views LOL yeah people can't WAIT to get home and get parenting tips from "the comedy cellar." You'll never escape Finklestein's shadow
Dan had me dying laughing with his throw-ins "I mean the kid's already a little off" (50:26)
Too much BS before you get to the guest. I’ll find him elsewhere.
Haidt skews his figures by restricting the scope of his presentation to figures that go back no further than the year 2000 to make it look as if there is a clear connection between smartphones and social media and the uptick reported depression and self-harm.
In the 1980's and 1990's the recorded rates of reported youth depression and self-harm were actually higher at their peak than they are now. All of this long before modern social media and smartphones even existed.
And if you go back even further than that you find other peaks that are almost as high but bear in mind some of them are likely to be even higher than the official figures because in the early 20th Century depression and self-harm rates for groups such as blacks or immigrants were very likely not much figured into those studies.
As for suicide, Haidt never tells you that suicide rates remained stable or regressed in other first world countries with access to social media, or that US suicide rates are almost at any even level with those of the 1950s.
Gee, that whole "we are living in a time of unprecedented teen depression and self-harm" claim of Jonathan Haidt's is suddenly not looking so unprecedented now, is it?
I try to watch Haidt’s interviews whenever I can; Haidt was excellent as always, but this show is absolute shite. These hosts are ridiculous. 😖
Kosher phones.
They don’t call him Jonathon Height for nothing!