I mean Olympic athletes used to smoke cigarettes. The awful effects take years to decades of habitual daily use to really manifest. I suspect social media is t

I mean Olympic athletes used to smoke cigarettes. The awful effects take years to decades of habitual daily use to really manifest. I suspect social media is the same. Just as a generation destroyed their lungs beyond repair through decades of cigarette use, another generation might be in the process of fundamentally altering their brains, for life, through heavy daily use of an intentionally addictive product. Ten years ago, there was more uncertainty, but today the studies are making it pretty clear that heavy social media use shortens attention spans, can lead to social anxiety and depression, and who knows what else. It's complicated because there are a lot of good things about social media too. But I do think it makes some sense to try to crack down on companies that intentionally target children with addictive, harmful products, just like we eventually did with cigarettes.