Jonathan Haidt
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 24 Jun
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When in Rome, do what the Romans do.
And so we're very good at saying, oh, what's everyone doing around here?
Okay, I'll do that too.
So trends, yeah.
So that's very clearly part of human nature.
And kids have always done that.
And so if you suddenly expose them to a world in which everyone is pumping iron or everyone is, you know, every boy is talking about his abs or whatever it is, then they're going to feel like, oh, I need to do that too.
But it gets worse.
because there's a second learning algorithm or learning, what does he call them?
Learning heuristic called prestige biased learning, which is don't just copy the average.
Don't just copy what people are doing.
Look around.
Who do people think is high status?
Him?
Okay, I'll copy him.
And this is the birth of celebrity.
And this is why celebrities have hangers on who want to be close to them and soak up things from them and get the credit from them.
So...
The idea that kids as young as 9, 10, 11 will be thrown into celebrity culture where they're supposed to worship, you know, they're going to see that everybody else is pointing to these idols.
So I'm going to be like them.
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