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Depression Tripled Since 2008 Due to Screen Time Not Economics

Modern Wisdom · Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109 · June 11, 2026
Depression Tripled Since 2008 Due to Screen Time Not Economics
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Harvard Professor: Why Nothing Feels Real Anymore - Arthur Brooks - #1109
"Since 2008, when life has become increasingly online and the average American is now checking her or his phone 205 times a day, what you've done is you shoved yourself into the wrong hemisphere of your brain, and in so doing, you haven't been able to naturally experience this meaning."
Brooks presented data showing clinical depression has tripled and anxiety doubled since 2008, arguing the cause is neurological rather than economic. He claims checking phones 205 times daily forces people into left-brain activity, blocking the right-hemisphere processes necessary for experiencing meaning, which is the biggest predictor of depression and anxiety.
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