Jonathan Haidt

And he commissioned a report and they came up with really good legislation. And then the whole country of Australia adopted it. And Australia is gonna raise the age to 16. And in Australia and in the US and in the UK, it's totally bipartisan. because politicians, governors, presidents, everybody, they have children, they've all seen it.

And he commissioned a report and they came up with really good legislation. And then the whole country of Australia adopted it. And Australia is gonna raise the age to 16. And in Australia and in the US and in the UK, it's totally bipartisan. because politicians, governors, presidents, everybody, they have children, they've all seen it.

And so this is one of the few areas in American life where we've got a hard problem and we're united and we all see it and we're taking action. Now it's not, you're right, there's still gonna be parents who, you know, they wanna call their kid all the time, but the supertanker has turned, things are changing.

And so this is one of the few areas in American life where we've got a hard problem and we're united and we all see it and we're taking action. Now it's not, you're right, there's still gonna be parents who, you know, they wanna call their kid all the time, but the supertanker has turned, things are changing.

And so this is one of the few areas in American life where we've got a hard problem and we're united and we all see it and we're taking action. Now it's not, you're right, there's still gonna be parents who, you know, they wanna call their kid all the time, but the supertanker has turned, things are changing.

And 11 months ago, if you tried to say, hey, let's all not give our kids smartphones, the people are like, what? But try it again in a month or two, or try it now. Everybody who has kids has been on some group where they're talking about the anxious generation. The ideas are getting out there. There's spontaneous action happening everywhere. Try it again now.

And 11 months ago, if you tried to say, hey, let's all not give our kids smartphones, the people are like, what? But try it again in a month or two, or try it now. Everybody who has kids has been on some group where they're talking about the anxious generation. The ideas are getting out there. There's spontaneous action happening everywhere. Try it again now.

And 11 months ago, if you tried to say, hey, let's all not give our kids smartphones, the people are like, what? But try it again in a month or two, or try it now. Everybody who has kids has been on some group where they're talking about the anxious generation. The ideas are getting out there. There's spontaneous action happening everywhere. Try it again now.

You will find that you'll get a lot more support.

You will find that you'll get a lot more support.

You will find that you'll get a lot more support.

Look, AI is going to change things in some good ways and I think a lot of bad ways, especially sociologically. So I'm very concerned about what AI is going to do over the next five years.

Look, AI is going to change things in some good ways and I think a lot of bad ways, especially sociologically. So I'm very concerned about what AI is going to do over the next five years.

Look, AI is going to change things in some good ways and I think a lot of bad ways, especially sociologically. So I'm very concerned about what AI is going to do over the next five years.

You know, I don't want to because I want to end on a positive note. And, you know, with AI, just briefly on kids, it means that all the current problems of social media are going to get a lot more intense. I just saw an AI company that will take whatever you want to post to make it super viral. So everything is going to get even more viral. Everything will get more attractive to our kids.

You know, I don't want to because I want to end on a positive note. And, you know, with AI, just briefly on kids, it means that all the current problems of social media are going to get a lot more intense. I just saw an AI company that will take whatever you want to post to make it super viral. So everything is going to get even more viral. Everything will get more attractive to our kids.

You know, I don't want to because I want to end on a positive note. And, you know, with AI, just briefly on kids, it means that all the current problems of social media are going to get a lot more intense. I just saw an AI company that will take whatever you want to post to make it super viral. So everything is going to get even more viral. Everything will get more attractive to our kids.

And AI is going to give us a kind of omnipotence. It's going to let us do anything because we'll have agents, AI agents that can do things for us in the world. And you don't want that for your kids. You don't want your kids to have lots of servants.

And AI is going to give us a kind of omnipotence. It's going to let us do anything because we'll have agents, AI agents that can do things for us in the world. And you don't want that for your kids. You don't want your kids to have lots of servants.

And AI is going to give us a kind of omnipotence. It's going to let us do anything because we'll have agents, AI agents that can do things for us in the world. And you don't want that for your kids. You don't want your kids to have lots of servants.