Dr. Laurie Santos

Exactly.

Exactly.

That's right. And I think it leads to mental health crisis, not just in our young people, but also in parents. The former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked a lot about parent mental health and parent stress. He actually issued like a public health advisory on the fact that parents are going through their own tough emotions.

That's right. And I think it leads to mental health crisis, not just in our young people, but also in parents. The former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked a lot about parent mental health and parent stress. He actually issued like a public health advisory on the fact that parents are going through their own tough emotions.

That's right. And I think it leads to mental health crisis, not just in our young people, but also in parents. The former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked a lot about parent mental health and parent stress. He actually issued like a public health advisory on the fact that parents are going through their own tough emotions.

But the biggest tough emotion that parents reported is guilt, as though they're not doing enough for their kids' happiness. They're not doing enough to kind of give them everything they need. And I think that reflects exactly what you're saying.

But the biggest tough emotion that parents reported is guilt, as though they're not doing enough for their kids' happiness. They're not doing enough to kind of give them everything they need. And I think that reflects exactly what you're saying.

But the biggest tough emotion that parents reported is guilt, as though they're not doing enough for their kids' happiness. They're not doing enough to kind of give them everything they need. And I think that reflects exactly what you're saying.

Yeah. Was bad, as you probably guessed. Not great to live in a completely hopeless culture. And we really do live in more of a hopeless culture than we ever have before. Your researchers go out and study this, and they have over time. One of the best questions for this is they just ask people, on average, can you trust the other people around you, right?

Yeah. Was bad, as you probably guessed. Not great to live in a completely hopeless culture. And we really do live in more of a hopeless culture than we ever have before. Your researchers go out and study this, and they have over time. One of the best questions for this is they just ask people, on average, can you trust the other people around you, right?

Yeah. Was bad, as you probably guessed. Not great to live in a completely hopeless culture. And we really do live in more of a hopeless culture than we ever have before. Your researchers go out and study this, and they have over time. One of the best questions for this is they just ask people, on average, can you trust the other people around you, right?

In the 1970s when they asked folks that question, around 50% of people said, yeah, on average, most folks can get trusted. When you ask that same question in 2018, it's down to a little less than a third. That doesn't sound like a big drop, but if I was plotting that, that's basically how much money we lost in 2008 when the financial crisis happened, right?

In the 1970s when they asked folks that question, around 50% of people said, yeah, on average, most folks can get trusted. When you ask that same question in 2018, it's down to a little less than a third. That doesn't sound like a big drop, but if I was plotting that, that's basically how much money we lost in 2008 when the financial crisis happened, right?

In the 1970s when they asked folks that question, around 50% of people said, yeah, on average, most folks can get trusted. When you ask that same question in 2018, it's down to a little less than a third. That doesn't sound like a big drop, but if I was plotting that, that's basically how much money we lost in 2008 when the financial crisis happened, right?

So this is a complete off-a-cliff decline in people's sense of trust and people's sense of hope. And it's bad for lots of reasons. It's bad for us personally, people who experience less hope, experience more depression, experience more anxiety, experience more loneliness, which is interesting. Hope seems to be connected to our social connection. Also bad for our bodies.

So this is a complete off-a-cliff decline in people's sense of trust and people's sense of hope. And it's bad for lots of reasons. It's bad for us personally, people who experience less hope, experience more depression, experience more anxiety, experience more loneliness, which is interesting. Hope seems to be connected to our social connection. Also bad for our bodies.

So this is a complete off-a-cliff decline in people's sense of trust and people's sense of hope. And it's bad for lots of reasons. It's bad for us personally, people who experience less hope, experience more depression, experience more anxiety, experience more loneliness, which is interesting. Hope seems to be connected to our social connection. Also bad for our bodies.

People who are more cynical report experiencing more diabetes, experiencing more heart disease, And it's probably bad for us as a society because when you don't experience hope, what you think is like stuff's never going to get better. And when you think stuff's never going to get better, you don't take action to make it better, right? You don't vote.

People who are more cynical report experiencing more diabetes, experiencing more heart disease, And it's probably bad for us as a society because when you don't experience hope, what you think is like stuff's never going to get better. And when you think stuff's never going to get better, you don't take action to make it better, right? You don't vote.

People who are more cynical report experiencing more diabetes, experiencing more heart disease, And it's probably bad for us as a society because when you don't experience hope, what you think is like stuff's never going to get better. And when you think stuff's never going to get better, you don't take action to make it better, right? You don't vote.