The US Surgeon General Issued All of Us a Design Challenge

He said what we’ve all been fretting over, can we really say we’re surprised?

I’m not sure that we collectively understood the implications of the statement the surgeon general shared a few weeks ago. As a Designer, you should be aware of it because it impacts your life, or at least it will impact your life in these upcoming years. I dare say that it may be the defining statement of our current generation and the generations of years to come.

Not sure what he said? Don’t you worry! I made sure to include the quote below :

The current business model of most platforms is built on how they maximize time spent — not time well spent, but time spent. And we need these platforms to be designed to strengthen the mental health of our kids to make them better. And right now, we’re conducting this national experiment on our kids with social media. And it’s worrisome to me as a parent.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

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