The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community(afterbabel.com)

684 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 627 comments

An After Babel Substack essay by Seth Kaplan arguing that the loss of community is the upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis.

Suicide Rates Are Up for Gen Z Across the Anglosphere, Especially for Girls(afterbabel.com)

67 points by TaurenHunter 2 years ago | 44 comments

The teen mental illness epidemic is international (2023)(afterbabel.com)

448 points by simonebrunozzi 2 years ago | 708 comments

After Babel post by Zach Rausch and Jon Haidt arguing that the early-2010s teen mental illness rise occurred simultaneously across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

The teen mental illness epidemic is international – Part 1: The Anglosphere(jonathanhaidt.substack.com)

217 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 371 comments

The Death of Daydreaming(afterbabel.com)

587 points by isolli 1 year ago | 224 comments

An After Babel essay by Christine Rosen, introduced by Jon Haidt, on how smartphones eliminate boredom and interstitial time, and what is lost with daydreaming.

Deterioration of local community a major driver of loss of play-based childhood(afterbabel.com)

358 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 335 comments

After Babel essay by Zach Rausch, introduced by Jon Haidt, arguing that the decline of close-knit local communities drove the loss of play-based childhood.