Social Media and Self-Reporting

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In 2013 when social went on mobile, you saw skyrocketing levels of depression and self-harm. So the overabundance of information is especially appealing to people whose brains have developed enough to appreciate it and need it and want social structure. When you don't have the capacity to absorb the negative stuff or modulate it, which is exactly where teenagers are,. It results in an America that's between 1 and 4,000 parents every night who take their kid to the emergency room because they're scared to go sleep for fear of what might happen in the morning with their incredibly depressed 15 year old girl.

Scott Galloway is a clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, a public speaker, entrepreneur and an author.

Millennials are the first generation who have not done better than their parents. Educational outcomes, finances, home ownership, mental health and marriage rates are all thrown up in the air. Why has this happened and what can we do about it?

Expect to learn why covid worsened the wealth gap more than it already was, why TikTok is a trojan stallion which should be banned, why news pundits suck so much, what makes a news story go viral, Scott's advice to young people on how to maximise effectiveness in life, the most important things to focus on in order to be happy and much more...

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