Correlation or causation.
I feel like shit and don’t have friends so I spend more time alone on my phone?
Or I spend more time alone on my phone so I feel like shit and have no friends?
“Well, you can’t just take the effect and make it the cause.”
- The white stripes, Effect and Cause
Ah so it’s the screen, not the content, understood.
Always found the concept of “screen time” stupid.
After a weekend of hours and hours playing some co-op game with friends I don’t feel bad. That’s what 5h of doomscrolling does to you.
What about old people? I’m over 70 and I have around 14 hours a day of screen time. As do many others. Are we anxious and depressed, too? Data shows?
Are we sure there’s not a balmer’s peak scenario for the teens with 12-16 hour screen time?
