Jonathan Haidt

But what would really help you is going a month to let your brain reset itself to a normal setting.

Nick, do you think you could do that or is that impossible?

Nick, do you think you could do that or is that impossible?

Nick, do you think you could do that or is that impossible?

Yeah. Yeah. That's right. That's the way to think about it. So, Nick, let me ask you a question. Do you want someday to get married? Do you want to have a girlfriend and a wife or a spouse? Is that something you want? Yeah. Okay. Do you think that a woman would find appealing a man who is on TikTok all day long and is not capable of paying attention? No. 100% no.

Yeah. Yeah. That's right. That's the way to think about it. So, Nick, let me ask you a question. Do you want someday to get married? Do you want to have a girlfriend and a wife or a spouse? Is that something you want? Yeah. Okay. Do you think that a woman would find appealing a man who is on TikTok all day long and is not capable of paying attention? No. 100% no.

Yeah. Yeah. That's right. That's the way to think about it. So, Nick, let me ask you a question. Do you want someday to get married? Do you want to have a girlfriend and a wife or a spouse? Is that something you want? Yeah. Okay. Do you think that a woman would find appealing a man who is on TikTok all day long and is not capable of paying attention? No. 100% no.

And do you want to have a job someday? Do you want to earn money and support yourself, support a family? Yeah. And do you think any employer's gonna find it useful to hire someone who can't focus on what they're supposed to focus on and is always on multiple screens and watching videos?

And do you want to have a job someday? Do you want to earn money and support yourself, support a family? Yeah. And do you think any employer's gonna find it useful to hire someone who can't focus on what they're supposed to focus on and is always on multiple screens and watching videos?

And do you want to have a job someday? Do you want to earn money and support yourself, support a family? Yeah. And do you think any employer's gonna find it useful to hire someone who can't focus on what they're supposed to focus on and is always on multiple screens and watching videos?

They don't want that. So it is urgent that you restore your brain. You're still young. The damage is not permanent yet. But if you do this until you're 25, then the damage might be permanent. Your brain is very flexible still. for a few more years. But by 25, the frontal cortex is kind of done changing over to the adult pattern.

They don't want that. So it is urgent that you restore your brain. You're still young. The damage is not permanent yet. But if you do this until you're 25, then the damage might be permanent. Your brain is very flexible still. for a few more years. But by 25, the frontal cortex is kind of done changing over to the adult pattern.

They don't want that. So it is urgent that you restore your brain. You're still young. The damage is not permanent yet. But if you do this until you're 25, then the damage might be permanent. Your brain is very flexible still. for a few more years. But by 25, the frontal cortex is kind of done changing over to the adult pattern.

At that point, it's going to be much harder to get your attention back. So start now.

At that point, it's going to be much harder to get your attention back. So start now.

At that point, it's going to be much harder to get your attention back. So start now.

Yeah. So think about like learning languages. You know, we can learn a language without an accent before we're 13 because what the brain is doing, it's in the child form. It's very flexible. It can become lots of things and it can become a native speaker of Spanish or Russian or Chinese or anything.

Yeah. So think about like learning languages. You know, we can learn a language without an accent before we're 13 because what the brain is doing, it's in the child form. It's very flexible. It can become lots of things and it can become a native speaker of Spanish or Russian or Chinese or anything.

Yeah. So think about like learning languages. You know, we can learn a language without an accent before we're 13 because what the brain is doing, it's in the child form. It's very flexible. It can become lots of things and it can become a native speaker of Spanish or Russian or Chinese or anything.

But then as you go through puberty, different parts of the brain start locking down as where they start assuming the adult pattern. And there's a kind of a myelin sheath. There's a sheath around the neurons that kind of makes them more efficient, but less flexible.