Post type: A very in-the-moment stream of consciousness, voice-typed and lightly cleaned up with ChatGPT. --- Language is probably one of the greatest inventions of mankind. I don’t think there would have been civilization, at least not in any recognizable form, without our ability to speak to one another, communicate…
Read the note →Here’s an interesting study regarding Indian women’s preference for sons and its impact on mental health: The researchers surveyed a sample of married women of reproductive age and their co-residing mother-in-law in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. When there was more than one daughter-in-law in the household, they…
Read the note →Social media platforms are easy to ban but it’s hard to enforce the ban.
Read the note →Finland is considering banning social media access for children under 15.
The concerns over social media, and in particular the effects on children, have been well-documented — but Finnish researcher Silja Kosola’s recent description of the phenomenon as an “uncontrolled human experiment” has grabbed people’s attention once again.
Kosola, an associate professor in adolescent medicine, has researched the impact of social media on young people, and tells Yle News that the consequences are not very well understood.
“We see a rise in self-harm and especially eating disorders. We see a big separation in the values of young girls and boys, which is also a big problem in society,” Kosola explains.