Staring at Screens Damaged Gen Z Employees Ability to Function

“There’s very widespread dissatisfaction and concern about young employees,” Jonathan Haidt, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business and author of “The Anxious Generation,” told Business Insider at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last week.

Countless hours of staring at screens have damaged young Gen Z employees’ ability to function well in the workplace, he said.

Many young people are almost constantly using social media, Haidt told BI, which often means they “never have a moment to reflect, they don’t have time to mull things over, they don’t have time to be creative.”

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