Weigh in on the Desirable Properties
If you represent The Anxious Generation, confirm the source URLs, then open the Desirable Properties tab and leave a patch idea where the property text misses what your public work already argues.
These directions are generated from The Anxious Generation's public corpus, not from private landing pads. Each one is a hypothesis. Follow the interest that feels like your work. The Hermes prompt and Discuss link are real contribution paths, not a brochure.
DP8 · hypothesis
Collaborative Environment and Meta-Communities
Your stated mission ("By: Jonathan Haidt February 20, 2024 Last published: January 27, 2026 When I began to study the effects of social media on teen mental health, in 2019, I found it impossible to keep track of the many conflicting studies.") sits next to DP8's human issue: Online communities constantly restart. Guiding question: How do communities persist beyond platforms?
Direction to explore
How do Alliance members share a collaboration space without collapsing into one platform community?
Candidate patch idea
Define meta-communities as optional shared rooms with explicit consent, not an ambient social network that harvests the Alliance listserv.
DP20 · hypothesis
Community Ownership
Your stated mission ("By: Jonathan Haidt February 20, 2024 Last published: January 27, 2026 When I began to study the effects of social media on teen mental health, in 2019, I found it impossible to keep track of the many conflicting studies.") sits next to DP20's human issue: Platforms own everything users create. Guiding question: Who should own the next layer of the Internet?
Direction to explore
This is the anti-capture test: can The Anxious Generation's coordination space stay owned by people if commercial players arrive later?
Candidate patch idea
Strengthen anti-capture language: community rules and exit rights are written before large commercial platforms are invited to play.
DP4 · hypothesis
Data Sovereignty and Privacy
Your stated mission ("By: Jonathan Haidt February 20, 2024 Last published: January 27, 2026 When I began to study the effects of social media on teen mental health, in 2019, I found it impossible to keep track of the many conflicting studies.") sits next to DP4's human issue: Companies own your data. Guiding question: Who should own your data?
Direction to explore
Where does The Anxious Generation's “people own their data” language need to become an enforceable affordance?
Candidate patch idea
Require that personal data created in a layer can leave with the person, including social graph, without a platform petition.
DP2 · hypothesis
Participant Agency and Empowerment
Your stated mission ("By: Jonathan Haidt February 20, 2024 Last published: January 27, 2026 When I began to study the effects of social media on teen mental health, in 2019, I found it impossible to keep track of the many conflicting studies.") sits next to DP2's human issue: Algorithms controlling what you see. Guiding question: How do we ensure people stay in control of their digital lives?
Direction to explore
Does The Anxious Generation's agency claim stop at data export, or does it include control of attention and presence?
Candidate patch idea
Add that portable social graphs and presence settings are required expressions of participant agency, not optional app features.
DP10 · hypothesis
Education
Your stated mission ("By: Jonathan Haidt February 20, 2024 Last published: January 27, 2026 When I began to study the effects of social media on teen mental health, in 2019, I found it impossible to keep track of the many conflicting studies.") sits next to DP10's human issue: Information overload. Guiding question: How do we learn continuously without drowning in fragmented information?
Direction to explore
What should researchers and fellows be invited to teach or contest in the DP corpus?
Candidate patch idea
Add that educational onboarding must show the live patch trail, not only a finished property statement.
DP22 · hypothesis
Civic Memory & Epistemic Continuity
Your stated mission ("By: Jonathan Haidt February 20, 2024 Last published: January 27, 2026 When I began to study the effects of social media on teen mental health, in 2019, I found it impossible to keep track of the many conflicting studies.") sits next to DP22's human issue: Society keeps repeating the same debates. Guiding question: How do we preserve collective understanding without creating centralized truth?
Direction to explore
What civic memory should Alliance research leave so later members can see why a property changed?
Candidate patch idea
Require that contested summaries of Alliance public work remain linked to original-language sources.
