TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale

Internal documents from Tik Tok executives and employees reveal that the social media platform is driven to capture the attention of users. Here were ...

Trying to Solve Gen Z’s Loneliness with Imaginary Relationships

A young woman writer in England named Freya India (see her Substack called “Girls”) writes:

Since I was teenager, it seems like everyone has ...

Horses Teach Us How to Be Friends

Did you know horses have friends? They do according to writer Sterry Butcher, who lives on a Texas farm with horses.

According to Butcher, horses form ...

Gen Z Is Finding Religion. Why?

For most of the last 30 years, the story of religion in America has been a pretty steady one: a constant, and consistent, drop in religious affiliation ...

Growing Number of Solo Diners at Restaurants

In the U.S., solo dining reservations have risen 29% over the last two years, according to OpenTable, the restaurant reservation site. They’re also ...

What Happened to FOMO?

When talking about the harms of social media today, one of the first problems people mention is FOMO—fear of missing out. Scroll through Instagram ...

The Antidote to the Loneliness Epidemic

Loneliness is more than a feeling; it’s a public health crisis.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been raising awareness about the loneliness ...

Building Walls to Avoid Hurt

A surefire way to never get hurt: Imagine a life free from heartache and disappointment, a world where you are impervious to the pain that comes with ...

Agnostic Laments Declining Church Attendance

Journalist Derek Thompson is lamenting the decline of church attendance in America. As an agnostic, one would think he would be pleased. In a piece for ...

Are Teens Hooked on AI Friends?

Fifteen-year-old Aaron was going through a dark time at school. He’d fallen out with his friends, leaving him feeling isolated and alone.

At the ...