Week 2 Lecture - Time Well Spent and Social Connection
Josh Hug,
January 28th, 2025
Materials
CS 195 Readings
- Required [Ed post] Amy Orben, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. How social media affects teen mental health: a missing link. Nature. 2023.
- Recommended [Ed post] Daniel Immerwahr. What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?. The New Yorker. 2025.
- Recommended [Ed post] Pew Research Center. Teens and social media: Key findings from Pew Research Center surveys. 2024.
- Optional Tristan Harris. How Better Tech Could Protect Us From Distraction. Ted. 2014.
- Optional Lil B. The Age Of Information MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY LIL B. 2010.
CS H195 Readings
- Required [Ed post] Amy Orben, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. How social media affects teen mental health: a missing link. Nature. 2023.
- Required [Ed post] Daniel Immerwahr. What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?. The New Yorker. 2025.
- Required [Ed post] The Office of Applied Strategy. Hyper Optimization: Creative Stagnation Amidst Cultural Abundance. 2024.
- Recommended [Ed post] Pew Research Center. Teens and social media: Key findings from Pew Research Center surveys. 2024.
- Optional Tristan Harris. How Better Tech Could Protect Us From Distraction. Ted. 2014.
- Optional Lil B. The Age Of Information MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY LIL B. 2010.
Attendance for Lecture 2 is required. There will be two Google Forms to check attendance.