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Feb. 20 — UCSB Arts & Lectures presents social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness at the Arlington Theatre

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Haidt examines the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones and social media and describes steps towards a more humane childhood

SUMMARY

  • Thu, Feb 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Arlington Theatre
    • Haidt discusses why Gen Z’s loss of independence due to phone-based childhoods leads to increased rates of mental illness
    • He issues a clear call to action, proposing four simple rules that might end this epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood
    • $18 – $44 General Public / FREE for UCSB students (Current student ID required)

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