Speaking to a packed crowd at Battell Chapel on Wednesday, the social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt ’85 invoked the biblical tale of the tower of Babel as a metaphor for the harms caused by ...

For months following the publication of Jonathan Haidt’s 2024 book, “The Anxious Generation,” its argument that attachment to phones and social media was a main contributor to the decline in kids’ ...

I was glad to be present in the packed space of Battell Chapel on Wednesday to hear renowned social psychologist and NYU professor Jonathan Haidt ’85 deliver the Presidential Lecture. Haidt made ...

Jonathan Haidt, author of ‘The Anxious Generation,’ breaks down the psychology behind Gen Z’s social media addiction and what digital dependance actually does to a young person’s brain. The final ...

As the president of Heterodox Academy (Tomasi) and as co-founder of the organization (Haidt), we are delighted that the issue of viewpoint diversity in higher education is now being so widely ...

Few things delight children, or irritate their minders, as much as screen time. Parents nag their offspring to put down their digital devices and pick up a book or a football. Academics such as ...

11-11-2025 Gen Z’s social media obsession: A psychological analysis with Jonathan Haidt Jonathan Haidt, author of 'The Anxious Generation,' breaks down the psychology behind Gen Z’s social media ...