Ep. 456. How Smartphones Are Rewiring Gen Z and Breaking the Workplace 🧠📵
How Smartphones Are Reshaping Gen Z and the Future of Work 🧠📵At the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos, experts raised alarms about how smartphones and constant screen time are dulling Gen Z’s creativity, attention span, and workplace readiness. NYU professor Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, argues that social media overuse prevents young adults from reflecting, growing, and developing essential life skills - a crisis larger than even the mental health epidemic.Business leaders shared concerns about Gen Z’s inability to focus, engage deeply, or handle feedback. Yet some, like…
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