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← The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence.
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Read this korrent: The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence.
The claim that smartphones are causing the rise in teen mental health problems lacks robust supporting evidence.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Sept 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Smartphones and social media amplify the youth mental health crisis but are not its root cause. — tap to centre the map on it
Smartphones and social media amplify the youth mental health crisis but are not its root cause.
Last stated 3 months ago
27 Jun 2026
AG
Adam Grant — holds since 2026-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Smartphones are not the main cause of child fragility — tap to centre the map on it
Smartphones are not the main cause of child fragility
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Mar 2025
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Disputes about phones, homework and childhood are disputes about values, and more data will not settle them. — tap to centre the map on it
Disputes about phones, homework and childhood are disputes about values, and more data will not settle them.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Social media may really be harming teenagers even though the studies find almost nothing, because everyone is exposed and the studies compare harmed children with harmed children. — tap to centre the map on it
Social media may really be harming teenagers even though the studies find almost nothing, because everyone is exposed and the studies compare harmed children with harmed children.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
PB
Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Researchers are no longer divided about whether smartphones and social media are bad for children. — tap to centre the map on it
Researchers are no longer divided about whether smartphones and social media are bad for children.
Last stated a year ago
22 Jun 2025
CN
Cal Newport — holds since 2025-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Anecdotal evidence is insufficient to prove that phones are listening. — tap to centre the map on it
Anecdotal evidence is insufficient to prove that phones are listening.
Last stated 6 days ago
27 Sept 2026
MB
Matt Birchler — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most claimed research findings are false, and that can be shown rather than merely suspected. — tap to centre the map on it
Most claimed research findings are false, and that can be shown rather than merely suspected.
Last stated 21 years ago
30 Aug 2005
JI
John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it
A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely.
Last stated a month ago
22 Aug 2026
JP
Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Aug 2026
CH
Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
EB
Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it
A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot.
Last stated 2 years ago
7 Dec 2024
AL
Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it
A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for.
Last stated 4 months ago
9 Jun 2026
SP
Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
HR
Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large manufacturing surplus can be a reflection of weak domestic consumption and misallocated resources. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large manufacturing surplus can be a reflection of weak domestic consumption and misallocated resources.
Last stated a week ago
24 Sept 2026
TC
Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens. — tap to centre the map on it
A country should raise revenue by tariffing foreign countries rather than by taxing its own citizens.
Last stated 2 years ago
20 Jan 2025
DT
Donald Trump — holds since 2025-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off. — tap to centre the map on it
A trade dispute escalated by aggressive tariffs can still end in a negotiated outcome that leaves all sides better off.
Last stated a year ago
30 May 2025
GS
Guy Spier — holds since 2025-05-30 — tap for who they are
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