Jonathan Haidt

I remember that when I was a kid.

I remember that when I was a kid.

I remember that when I was a kid.

Absolutely. Oh, my goodness. I love Martin Gury. And let's go into this. This is fascinating because I didn't know about Acts 2, but I but I was very moved by the Genesis story in the Bible story in Genesis. And so, you know, because my own work before I was I set out to write a book. on what social media is doing to democracy. Because our country has been weird since sometime in the 2010s.

Absolutely. Oh, my goodness. I love Martin Gury. And let's go into this. This is fascinating because I didn't know about Acts 2, but I but I was very moved by the Genesis story in the Bible story in Genesis. And so, you know, because my own work before I was I set out to write a book. on what social media is doing to democracy. Because our country has been weird since sometime in the 2010s.

Absolutely. Oh, my goodness. I love Martin Gury. And let's go into this. This is fascinating because I didn't know about Acts 2, but I but I was very moved by the Genesis story in the Bible story in Genesis. And so, you know, because my own work before I was I set out to write a book. on what social media is doing to democracy. Because our country has been weird since sometime in the 2010s.

It's not like it used to be. Something weird is going on with our politics. The rising polarization, everybody believes something different. And so I was looking around for metaphor. I love metaphors. And I was trying to, I was starting this book. The title of the book is, well, okay. So I was starting the book and I was looking for metaphor and I reread the Babel story.

It's not like it used to be. Something weird is going on with our politics. The rising polarization, everybody believes something different. And so I was looking around for metaphor. I love metaphors. And I was trying to, I was starting this book. The title of the book is, well, okay. So I was starting the book and I was looking for metaphor and I reread the Babel story.

It's not like it used to be. Something weird is going on with our politics. The rising polarization, everybody believes something different. And so I was looking around for metaphor. I love metaphors. And I was trying to, I was starting this book. The title of the book is, well, okay. So I was starting the book and I was looking for metaphor and I reread the Babel story.

And when I got to that line, God says, let us go down and confound their language so that they may not understand one another. Boom. That's it. That's it. Because I always thought, you know, so I'm, you know, I'm Jewish. I grew up not very religious. I had a slight acquaintance with the Babel story. I always thought God knocked over the tower.

And when I got to that line, God says, let us go down and confound their language so that they may not understand one another. Boom. That's it. That's it. Because I always thought, you know, so I'm, you know, I'm Jewish. I grew up not very religious. I had a slight acquaintance with the Babel story. I always thought God knocked over the tower.

And when I got to that line, God says, let us go down and confound their language so that they may not understand one another. Boom. That's it. That's it. Because I always thought, you know, so I'm, you know, I'm Jewish. I grew up not very religious. I had a slight acquaintance with the Babel story. I always thought God knocked over the tower.

But, you know, in the story, in the book, he just confuses their language so that they can't understand. And that's the way you shatter a community. And so that's why I picked the title for the blog, After Babel. And the title of the book I was gonna write is Life After Babel, Adapting to a World We May Never Again Share.

But, you know, in the story, in the book, he just confuses their language so that they can't understand. And that's the way you shatter a community. And so that's why I picked the title for the blog, After Babel. And the title of the book I was gonna write is Life After Babel, Adapting to a World We May Never Again Share.

But, you know, in the story, in the book, he just confuses their language so that they can't understand. And that's the way you shatter a community. And so that's why I picked the title for the blog, After Babel. And the title of the book I was gonna write is Life After Babel, Adapting to a World We May Never Again Share.

And this is what Martin Gorey was talking to you about, because I drew on him. He talks about how, you know, the mass media age 50 years ago, the newspapers and television, we might all see the same TV show. We might all have the same understanding. We'll have our disagreements, but we have a body of shared facts. Not anymore. Now that we're all on social media, Everything is fragmented.

And this is what Martin Gorey was talking to you about, because I drew on him. He talks about how, you know, the mass media age 50 years ago, the newspapers and television, we might all see the same TV show. We might all have the same understanding. We'll have our disagreements, but we have a body of shared facts. Not anymore. Now that we're all on social media, Everything is fragmented.

And this is what Martin Gorey was talking to you about, because I drew on him. He talks about how, you know, the mass media age 50 years ago, the newspapers and television, we might all see the same TV show. We might all have the same understanding. We'll have our disagreements, but we have a body of shared facts. Not anymore. Now that we're all on social media, Everything is fragmented.

And so the problem is the loss of any sense of community. So I'm so excited to hear about – I'll go check out Acts 2 because I think you're right. The way we fix this, or at least the way we bring some little bubbles of sanity to our lives, is going to be much more local. And local parish churches is a great idea.

And so the problem is the loss of any sense of community. So I'm so excited to hear about – I'll go check out Acts 2 because I think you're right. The way we fix this, or at least the way we bring some little bubbles of sanity to our lives, is going to be much more local. And local parish churches is a great idea.