I'm underwhelmed by your causal evidence. You are proposing that social media has destroyed an entire generation. This is a massive effect. Feeling a little better after stopping social media usage does not provide evidence for an effect of this scale. You could say the same thing about television, and, in fact, many people did!
And what about the quality of these studies? Given the replication crisis, psych isn't especially known for its empirical rigor. How many of these experiments have been replicated? How many have been pre-registered? What's the sample size? Are there corrections for multiple regression? Do you believe there might be publication bias? Why not? If you want researchers to take your claims seriously, you need to answer these questions. I'd love to see a Scott Alexander type post where every single study is discussed Ad Nauseum. This doesn't seem like too much to ask given the size of the claim that you are making.
Proposals for remedy should not include attempting to put the toothpaste back in the tube. That is almost always futile. We need to go forward through our difficulties.
They should also not depend on government above the state level.
I'm underwhelmed by your causal evidence. You are proposing that social media has destroyed an entire generation. This is a massive effect. Feeling a little better after stopping social media usage does not provide evidence for an effect of this scale. You could say the same thing about television, and, in fact, many people did!
And what about the quality of these studies? Given the replication crisis, psych isn't especially known for its empirical rigor. How many of these experiments have been replicated? How many have been pre-registered? What's the sample size? Are there corrections for multiple regression? Do you believe there might be publication bias? Why not? If you want researchers to take your claims seriously, you need to answer these questions. I'd love to see a Scott Alexander type post where every single study is discussed Ad Nauseum. This doesn't seem like too much to ask given the size of the claim that you are making.
Proposals for remedy should not include attempting to put the toothpaste back in the tube. That is almost always futile. We need to go forward through our difficulties.
They should also not depend on government above the state level.