THREAD: On #WorldPoetryDay, here's some insight for artists/poets wondering how you can reach more people. The following videos were all viewed millions of times each and helped launch my career as a poet: vimeo.com/193299995 vimeo.com/170405381 vimeo.com/136692675

I have a brand new live show! I'm very proud of it and if you're in NYC March 13th - 16th I hope you'll come! It's about birth and death and motherhood and psychedelia vineyardtheatre.org/shows/it…

I was talking to a friend of mine who is a high school teacher at a school with a new “no phones in the classroom policy” and he said that he had to do something this week that he hasn’t had to do in years — ask students to stop talking.

Major! Having these 7 hrs during the day where kids can learn focus, patience, how to be without their phones, how to manage discomfort, & how to talk to each other is critical, and such spaces are increasingly rare. Thank you @JonHaidt for kicking this work into another gear.

New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school - significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls - reduced bullying among both genders - improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates - largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids

I'm still helping people write their wedding vows! People find it really helpful, and surprisingly profound. If you know people who are getting married in the coming weeks / months, I'd love if you could tell them about it!

Great overview from @JonHaidt on some of the ways social media, smartphones & gaming have fundamentally changed the landscape of childhood. I have spoken with hundreds of schools, and not a single one has regretted an Away for The Day phone policy. theatlantic.com/technology/a…

I’m giving a virtual keynote to hundreds of schools this Friday getting them to get phones out of schools by default… And I need a space to do it in with better-than-hotel WiFi! Anyone have a home or office near Boston I could use for two hours?

And another episode (S03E13) is live! Tune into my conversation with @MaxStossel, recorded on 3 Feb 2023 🔥 relatingtoself.transistor.fm…

New study shows that TikTok and Insta trap young people, who feel they MUST use the platforms because… everyone else does. But if offered the chance to PAY to have everyone in their college delete the apps, most on TikTok, and half on Insta, would pay. Also: most students say they’d PREFER to live in a world with no TikTok or Insta. Even most active users of Insta say that. Social media is not a normal consumer product. The negative spillover effects are enormous, not just on non-users, but on active users as well, the authors conclude. The business models of Meta and TikTok require trapping young users in this way. The presence of major external costs imposed on others--especially children--is the textbook example of why societies impose regulations, and why class action lawsuits exist. See the summary, and the full working paper, here: bfi.uchicago.edu/insight/res…

Hosting a writing workshop this Sun, dedicated to processing and sharing what’s coming up for us around what’s happening in the Middle East. 💙 (on Zoom) eventbrite.com/e/words-that-…

This podcast was really different than the others I’ve done. Thanks for having me @eamonarmstrong eamonarmstrong.com/lifeisafe…

A tribute to the dogs in all of our lives, and the clever lessons they have to teach us. youtu.be/wYbxLj800M4

A piece about growing up in the modern world, learning about sx through prn and the damage of that: youtu.be/PFzAiWwnhDI

Seeing God in each other’s eyes, and other lessons from my barber: youtu.be/uPz8pskeQkc

Oh my gosh this is the most beautiful, poignant, heartbreaking reality of breaking up in the digital age... a masterpiece from @MaxStossel youtube.com/watch?v=byNn-58w…

This one goes out to anyone who’s ever been through heartbreak in the age of social media: youtube.com/watch?v=byNn-58w…

We don’t just ban phones at Michaela. We have a serious policy on encouraging parents not to give smartphones to kids at home either. Makes a HUGE difference. All bullying and altercations start on social media. Kids are much happier and achieve more without them.

What if aliens invaded and were giant and super sexually into dudes? 👽 This segment is part of my one-hour poetry special now streaming here: wordsthatmove.com/special youtu.be/Byp6V2au8lk