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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (2017) by dTal on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:04AM (#20293055)
> ...today's teenagers: get in less car accidents, have less risky sex, have a lower rate of teenage pregnancy, ingest less risky substances, are generally less violent - and presents this all as bad because it is different than what came before. Is it bad?

It might well be, depending on the reason. We'd also probably see those effects if there was mass depression. Or if we simply locked up all teens at all times. What other "teen stuff" aren't they doing? Socializing (in person)? Exercising?

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Re:Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (2017) by learnstats2 on Friday June 28, 2019 @05:13AM (#20302667)
There is a known strong relationship between risky behaviour and depression - a positive one.

If people were more depressed, we would normally expect to see MORE of these risk-taking behaviours, not less.

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