Jonathan Haidt

They just want to get as many kids as they can, bring them to Mars, let them grow up there. And then maybe they'll send them back when they're adults, maybe not. So this is a horrible situation. We'd never let that happen. But that's kind of what happened when we gave our kids smartphones and Instagram and all these other apps. And then those companies now own our children's lives.

They just want to get as many kids as they can, bring them to Mars, let them grow up there. And then maybe they'll send them back when they're adults, maybe not. So this is a horrible situation. We'd never let that happen. But that's kind of what happened when we gave our kids smartphones and Instagram and all these other apps. And then those companies now own our children's lives.

Not for everybody, but half of all teenagers say they're online almost constantly. About half of them are basically on social media most of the time. So half of our kids, in a sense, have gone off to this different way of growing up. Now, you might have said back then, well, maybe it's okay. Maybe, you know, the technology would be good for them. Maybe they'll be super social.

Not for everybody, but half of all teenagers say they're online almost constantly. About half of them are basically on social media most of the time. So half of our kids, in a sense, have gone off to this different way of growing up. Now, you might have said back then, well, maybe it's okay. Maybe, you know, the technology would be good for them. Maybe they'll be super social.

Not for everybody, but half of all teenagers say they're online almost constantly. About half of them are basically on social media most of the time. So half of our kids, in a sense, have gone off to this different way of growing up. Now, you might have said back then, well, maybe it's okay. Maybe, you know, the technology would be good for them. Maybe they'll be super social.

And I thought that back in 2010, like maybe this is going to like stimulate brain development. But now it looks like it had a devastating effect, not just in the U.S. The reason I'm so passionate about this is that it's not just us. The exact same thing happened in Canada, the U.K., Australia, Scandinavia. We have good data from a lot of countries.

And I thought that back in 2010, like maybe this is going to like stimulate brain development. But now it looks like it had a devastating effect, not just in the U.S. The reason I'm so passionate about this is that it's not just us. The exact same thing happened in Canada, the U.K., Australia, Scandinavia. We have good data from a lot of countries.

And I thought that back in 2010, like maybe this is going to like stimulate brain development. But now it looks like it had a devastating effect, not just in the U.S. The reason I'm so passionate about this is that it's not just us. The exact same thing happened in Canada, the U.K., Australia, Scandinavia. We have good data from a lot of countries.

Something happened to kids around 2012 in so many different countries. So that's why I was trying to convey the sense of kids being taken away by a foreign – you know, company trying to make money off our kids. And they're coming, many of them are harmed or damaged or blocked.

Something happened to kids around 2012 in so many different countries. So that's why I was trying to convey the sense of kids being taken away by a foreign – you know, company trying to make money off our kids. And they're coming, many of them are harmed or damaged or blocked.

Something happened to kids around 2012 in so many different countries. So that's why I was trying to convey the sense of kids being taken away by a foreign – you know, company trying to make money off our kids. And they're coming, many of them are harmed or damaged or blocked.

Yeah. So let me address this both to the young men and the young women who are listening, that is those who are in their 20s. Gen Z is turning 30 this year. So if you're in your 20s, you're Gen Z. And I also especially want to address everybody who has a son or a daughter. And so the girl's story and the boy's story are different. I didn't know this when I started writing the book.

Yeah. So let me address this both to the young men and the young women who are listening, that is those who are in their 20s. Gen Z is turning 30 this year. So if you're in your 20s, you're Gen Z. And I also especially want to address everybody who has a son or a daughter. And so the girl's story and the boy's story are different. I didn't know this when I started writing the book.

Yeah. So let me address this both to the young men and the young women who are listening, that is those who are in their 20s. Gen Z is turning 30 this year. So if you're in your 20s, you're Gen Z. And I also especially want to address everybody who has a son or a daughter. And so the girl's story and the boy's story are different. I didn't know this when I started writing the book.

I thought the story was going to be social media is really bad for kids' mental health. And it turns out that the connections between social media and depression and anxiety for girls is really strong. Girls who spend a lot of time on social media are two or three times more likely to be depressed or anxious. For boys, they're a little more likely, but not that much.

I thought the story was going to be social media is really bad for kids' mental health. And it turns out that the connections between social media and depression and anxiety for girls is really strong. Girls who spend a lot of time on social media are two or three times more likely to be depressed or anxious. For boys, they're a little more likely, but not that much.

I thought the story was going to be social media is really bad for kids' mental health. And it turns out that the connections between social media and depression and anxiety for girls is really strong. Girls who spend a lot of time on social media are two or three times more likely to be depressed or anxious. For boys, they're a little more likely, but not that much.

So it looked like social media is really particularly bad for girls. Why is it so bad for girls? If you want to trap a girl, if you're a company, you want to extract all the attention from a girl and sell her advertisements. How do you trap girls? You offer them bait. As you guys would know, how do you attract an animal? Well, a trap, you have to put bait that the animal finds attractive.

So it looked like social media is really particularly bad for girls. Why is it so bad for girls? If you want to trap a girl, if you're a company, you want to extract all the attention from a girl and sell her advertisements. How do you trap girls? You offer them bait. As you guys would know, how do you attract an animal? Well, a trap, you have to put bait that the animal finds attractive.

So it looked like social media is really particularly bad for girls. Why is it so bad for girls? If you want to trap a girl, if you're a company, you want to extract all the attention from a girl and sell her advertisements. How do you trap girls? You offer them bait. As you guys would know, how do you attract an animal? Well, a trap, you have to put bait that the animal finds attractive.