Jonathan Haidt
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So what we know is that the millennial generation, which is not mentally ill, they were, their dating life, it all runs through the apps. You'd think they're having a lot of sex, it's so easy, but they're actually having less sex than any previous generation. So there was already a sex recession for the millennials. Now I haven't been able to get data- Why is that?
So what we know is that the millennial generation, which is not mentally ill, they were, their dating life, it all runs through the apps. You'd think they're having a lot of sex, it's so easy, but they're actually having less sex than any previous generation. So there was already a sex recession for the millennials. Now I haven't been able to get data- Why is that?
You know, the apps don't, for one thing, okay, for one thing, most sex happens in long running couples. It's not hookups. When you're married, you have a lot more sex than single people because you have a regular partner. And with the apps, it makes it harder to fall in love because the apps cut off courtship. You know, you hook up, you know, and that blocks, courtship blocks falling in love.
You know, the apps don't, for one thing, okay, for one thing, most sex happens in long running couples. It's not hookups. When you're married, you have a lot more sex than single people because you have a regular partner. And with the apps, it makes it harder to fall in love because the apps cut off courtship. You know, you hook up, you know, and that blocks, courtship blocks falling in love.
You know, the apps don't, for one thing, okay, for one thing, most sex happens in long running couples. It's not hookups. When you're married, you have a lot more sex than single people because you have a regular partner. And with the apps, it makes it harder to fall in love because the apps cut off courtship. You know, you hook up, you know, and that blocks, courtship blocks falling in love.
So I'm not really sure. I haven't really studied that issue in detail. I don't know for sure why the millennials. But Gen Z is, I believe, going to be much, much worse for a lot of reasons. One is that the boys, oh, you know what? Let's pick up the boys because lots of parents have boys. I have a boy and a girl. We talked about girls. Let me briefly mention the boys.
So I'm not really sure. I haven't really studied that issue in detail. I don't know for sure why the millennials. But Gen Z is, I believe, going to be much, much worse for a lot of reasons. One is that the boys, oh, you know what? Let's pick up the boys because lots of parents have boys. I have a boy and a girl. We talked about girls. Let me briefly mention the boys.
So I'm not really sure. I haven't really studied that issue in detail. I don't know for sure why the millennials. But Gen Z is, I believe, going to be much, much worse for a lot of reasons. One is that the boys, oh, you know what? Let's pick up the boys because lots of parents have boys. I have a boy and a girl. We talked about girls. Let me briefly mention the boys.
So the boys, it's not that spending an hour on Instagram is gonna mess them up and make them mentally ill. For the boys, what social media does is it leads them to do all kinds of incredibly dangerous and destructive things. So a lot of the challenges, the stupid challenges on TikTok, most of the kids who've been killed are boys. dangerous thing, subway surfer.
So the boys, it's not that spending an hour on Instagram is gonna mess them up and make them mentally ill. For the boys, what social media does is it leads them to do all kinds of incredibly dangerous and destructive things. So a lot of the challenges, the stupid challenges on TikTok, most of the kids who've been killed are boys. dangerous thing, subway surfer.
So the boys, it's not that spending an hour on Instagram is gonna mess them up and make them mentally ill. For the boys, what social media does is it leads them to do all kinds of incredibly dangerous and destructive things. So a lot of the challenges, the stupid challenges on TikTok, most of the kids who've been killed are boys. dangerous thing, subway surfer.
I mean, literally riding on top of subway cars and they get killed. The skull breaker challenge. You tell your friend to jump up and you kick his legs out so he lands on his head. Jumping kids in the hallway or the bathroom and beating them up so that your friend can film it. You can put it up online. I mean, it's sick, sick, horrible stuff.
I mean, literally riding on top of subway cars and they get killed. The skull breaker challenge. You tell your friend to jump up and you kick his legs out so he lands on his head. Jumping kids in the hallway or the bathroom and beating them up so that your friend can film it. You can put it up online. I mean, it's sick, sick, horrible stuff.
I mean, literally riding on top of subway cars and they get killed. The skull breaker challenge. You tell your friend to jump up and you kick his legs out so he lands on his head. Jumping kids in the hallway or the bathroom and beating them up so that your friend can film it. You can put it up online. I mean, it's sick, sick, horrible stuff.
So social media is hurting boys in a lot of ways, but it's not so much from just anxiety, depression, the way it is for girls. But the story for boys isn't really focused on social media. The story for boys is focused on their general retreat from the real world, which began in the 70s and 80s. Schools became more and more conducive to girls, not boys.
So social media is hurting boys in a lot of ways, but it's not so much from just anxiety, depression, the way it is for girls. But the story for boys isn't really focused on social media. The story for boys is focused on their general retreat from the real world, which began in the 70s and 80s. Schools became more and more conducive to girls, not boys.
So social media is hurting boys in a lot of ways, but it's not so much from just anxiety, depression, the way it is for girls. But the story for boys isn't really focused on social media. The story for boys is focused on their general retreat from the real world, which began in the 70s and 80s. Schools became more and more conducive to girls, not boys.
The school year was longer, less recess, get rid of shop class, get rid of auto mechanics, get rid of all that stuff. the stuff that boys would be more interested, make them sit in their seat and learn math and English all day long. That's really hard on boys. So our schools have become less and less supportive and conducive to the way boys are.
The school year was longer, less recess, get rid of shop class, get rid of auto mechanics, get rid of all that stuff. the stuff that boys would be more interested, make them sit in their seat and learn math and English all day long. That's really hard on boys. So our schools have become less and less supportive and conducive to the way boys are.
The school year was longer, less recess, get rid of shop class, get rid of auto mechanics, get rid of all that stuff. the stuff that boys would be more interested, make them sit in their seat and learn math and English all day long. That's really hard on boys. So our schools have become less and less supportive and conducive to the way boys are.