Jonathan Haidt
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first heard Jun 2026
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And I think what we're seeing, you asked me for trends, I think we're beginning to see, so I expect that it will grow unless we can reverse it,
is that wealthy families will increasingly be able to protect their children from digital harms, and the digital harms will be concentrated in the bottom half or two-thirds of the economic distribution, which is tragic.
And that's one of the reasons why phone-free schools is so important, because it levels the playing field.
Because outside of school, the working class kids are on much more often.
They spend much more of their lives on devices.
That's right.
I think what you said is absolutely right.
I think, I believe I've seen research about that.
And certainly there, you know, decades ago, there was so many cases of these rich schools, these rich neighborhoods with huge rates and kids who are overwhelmed and
And so I wouldn't have said that rich kids are healthier 20, 30 years ago, mentally healthier.
But I think we're beginning to see that.
Now, of course, it's complicated.
The rich kids still have vast pressures on them for college and all of that.
But in terms of protection from digital harms, there I think we do see a huge class divide.
One way to look at it, and this is one thing that David Courtright says, a metaphor that he uses, is companies are dangling hooks in front of kids.
And these hooks are quick dopamine, anything that will give you quick dopamine.
And, you know, when I was growing up, I mean, you couldn't get porn.
You couldn't buy it.
You had to, you know, you couldn't gamble.
Yeah, you had to steal, right, from, you know, a cousin or older brother or something.
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