Have Smartphones Destroyed A Generation . Smartphones are linked to problems, but they haven't "destroyed a generation." In the Atlantic, demographer and author Jean Twenge finds a series of troubling new dots to connect between social media and teen depression, raising the question: "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?" In "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?", Jean Twenge while smartphones have decreased the chances of children getting physically, they have increased the mental health problems. But they're on the brink of a mental-health crisis. Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? - The Atlantic (Mamie Carson) They are markedly less likely to get into a car accident and. The iGeneration might be more isolated than previous generation but smartphones are at most a confounding factor in this equation. But they're on the brink of a mental-health crisis. The article goes into detail on how smartphones tak...