Hany Farid
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Yeah.
Tobacco.
Alcohol.
I got to tell you, one of the things that makes me crazy because I teach at UC Berkeley and I interact with a lot of young people who I generally adore, by the way.
I think they – even if their heads aren't in the right place, their hearts are in the right place.
I can't tell you how many conversations I have with this –
I was watching on TikTok about Gaza, Ukraine, climate change.
And I always say, don't finish that sentence.
Because there's nothing at the end of that sentence that starts with, I saw on TikTok, that I am interested in.
It is a primary news source.
And it is horrifying.
It is horrifying.
And so what do you tell parents?
I don't know.
I mean, thank God I'm not a parent, honestly, because I don't know how people do it.
I mean, honestly, it is unbelievably hard.
Here's the only thing I can suggest.
And this is not – it's a little bit unfair to put this on the parents.
I think we have to put this on the schools is we have to teach critical thinking.
We have to teach people that you are being manipulated on social media.