Jonathan Haidt

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Hard Fork · Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse · 16 Jan 2026 podcast

Governors were calling me.

Because here's the thing.

If you're a parent...

You've seen it.

Everybody has seen the problem, and nobody really knew what to do about it because it's a collective action trap.

And so since the book proposed four norms to get out of the trap – no smartphone before high school, no social media before 16, phone-free schools, more independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world –

I propose these four norms and people are adopting them all around in other countries that I haven't even been to.

So I realized I'm 62.

God knows how many years I have left with a brain that's still functioning.

You know, I can't count on more than 10.

And so how am I going to spend those remaining good years?

I could write another book on democracy, which will be out of date by the time it comes out because, my God, things are changing fast.

Or I could devote myself to pushing for phone-free schools and raising the age.

Yeah, sure.

So, you know, the surprise for me has been how easy this has been, that everywhere I go, I'm pushing on open doors because everyone who's a parent has seen it.

It's very popular among voters.

And so I think the best example of an answer to your question is this.

I did a quick trip to Paris, Amsterdam, and London back in April of last year.

And I worked with More in Common, a wonderful group that does all kinds of pro-democracy stuff.

And they set up a dinner party for me to talk to members of French society.

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