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Davos 2024: How to Prevent an Anxious Generation
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30 minutes
Released:
Jan 18, 2024
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Podcast episode
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From the advent of smartphone apps to novel incentive structures on social media, the latest technological advances mark a change in the nature of childhood in recent years, removing limits to screen time and impacting time for play and face-to-face conversations. What steps are needed to tackle emerging harms for children and young adults and reverse the trend of a growing anxious generation? This session was recorded live January 18, 2024 as part of the 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Speakers: Tali Sharot, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London (UCL) Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law and Philosophy; Director, Duke Science and Society, Duke University Adam Grant, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management and Psychology, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Watch the session here: https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2024/sessions/how-to-prevent-an-anxious-generation/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 World Economic Forum Book Club Podcast - subscribe: https://pod.link/1599305768 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub
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Jan 18, 2024
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