Jonathan Haidt
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And so the problem is the loss of any sense of community. So I'm so excited to hear about โ 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.
Which one was it? Do you remember the name?
Which one was it? Do you remember the name?
Which one was it? Do you remember the name?
Oh, yes. Snapchat brings so much degrading stuff to kids.
Oh, yes. Snapchat brings so much degrading stuff to kids.
Oh, yes. Snapchat brings so much degrading stuff to kids.
What I was surprised... Wait, how did it go? Did they respond?
What I was surprised... Wait, how did it go? Did they respond?
What I was surprised... Wait, how did it go? Did they respond?
Oh, that's fantastic.
Oh, that's fantastic.
Oh, that's fantastic.
So, Jace, that is a beautiful story because you basically figured out intuitively the conclusions I came to in the book after all this research. The problem is that each of us as parents acting alone, if we say, no, you can't have Snapchat. And I said that to my daughter. She's 15. She says, Dad, but everybody in my school has it. Everybody else has it except for me.
So, Jace, that is a beautiful story because you basically figured out intuitively the conclusions I came to in the book after all this research. The problem is that each of us as parents acting alone, if we say, no, you can't have Snapchat. And I said that to my daughter. She's 15. She says, Dad, but everybody in my school has it. Everybody else has it except for me.
So, Jace, that is a beautiful story because you basically figured out intuitively the conclusions I came to in the book after all this research. The problem is that each of us as parents acting alone, if we say, no, you can't have Snapchat. And I said that to my daughter. She's 15. She says, Dad, but everybody in my school has it. Everybody else has it except for me.
So, if you're acting alone, your kid's isolated.
So, if you're acting alone, your kid's isolated.
So, if you're acting alone, your kid's isolated.
But the solution is that we act together. And so here are the four norms. This is the last third of the book. Even though this problem is gigantic, we can actually solve it if we do these four things together. Most of us, we don't need everybody, but if most people do this, we solve the problem. The first, no smartphone before high school or age 14.