Talking with the teens and it becomes clear to me that:
– no one is talking about how to acquire social skills
– all the old "practice this in smaller/less important arenas" customs that used to give people a chance to use new social skills have been dismantled
– the kids often…

— M.C.A Hogarth (@mcahogarth) October 30, 2024

And they tell me smartphones and social media are not generally harmful. It’s funny, I was criticized (rightly, in many cases) for how poor my social skills were until I improved them, but by comparison to younger millennials and Gen Z I was a social genius. Anyone under ~30 has just absolutely atrocious social capability. It’s shocking when you encounter it.

We’ve failed an entire generation and a half now.