"Teenage loneliness was relatively stable between 2000 and 2012, with fewer than 18 percent reporting high levels of loneliness. But in the six years after 2012, rates increased dramatically." nytimes.com/2021/07/31/opi…
"To test our hypothesis, we sought data on many global trends that might have an impact on teenage loneliness...The results were clear: Only smartphone access and internet use increased in lock step w/ teenage loneliness. The other factors were unrelated or inversely correlated."
This is key: the phone doesn't change your own behavior, it changes the social context in which we move and operate. 
"doesn't *just* change your own behavior"
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