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The Drift Stack Behind the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis

It was never “the platforms.” It was the architecture.

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Chris Ciappa
Dec 04, 2025
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The Drift Stack Behind the Adolescent Mental-Health Crisis

It was never “the platforms.” It was the architecture.

Let’s stop trying to diagnose today’s adolescent mental-health collapse using the same surface-level explanations:

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“Social media.”
“Smartphones.”

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