Jonathan Haidt

what I call in the book, the great rewiring of childhood. 2010, teens have flip phones. They might have Facebook, but they don't use it very often because they have to use their parents' computer to get on it. There's no privacy, that's right. Whereas by 2015, everyone has a smartphone, social media, Instagram, high-speed internet, limitless texting.

what I call in the book, the great rewiring of childhood. 2010, teens have flip phones. They might have Facebook, but they don't use it very often because they have to use their parents' computer to get on it. There's no privacy, that's right. Whereas by 2015, everyone has a smartphone, social media, Instagram, high-speed internet, limitless texting.

So when you change radically how people are connected, you get massive changes throughout society. That new information environment is kind of what allowed the illiberal elements of the left to dominate and intimidate and harass anyone who dissented. And it ended up doing terrible damage to the left.

So when you change radically how people are connected, you get massive changes throughout society. That new information environment is kind of what allowed the illiberal elements of the left to dominate and intimidate and harass anyone who dissented. And it ended up doing terrible damage to the left.

So when you change radically how people are connected, you get massive changes throughout society. That new information environment is kind of what allowed the illiberal elements of the left to dominate and intimidate and harass anyone who dissented. And it ended up doing terrible damage to the left.

The fact that we have Donald Trump in power saying things like, the laws shouldn't apply to me if I'm trying to save our country. I mean, this is complete madness. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The fact that we have Donald Trump in power saying things like, the laws shouldn't apply to me if I'm trying to save our country. I mean, this is complete madness. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The fact that we have Donald Trump in power saying things like, the laws shouldn't apply to me if I'm trying to save our country. I mean, this is complete madness. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Two ways to look at things. One is the statistical method where you say, what's the average? And the average is always fine. The average college student didn't want to take part in these things. The average college student wanted to do his work, get a job, learn.

Two ways to look at things. One is the statistical method where you say, what's the average? And the average is always fine. The average college student didn't want to take part in these things. The average college student wanted to do his work, get a job, learn.

Two ways to look at things. One is the statistical method where you say, what's the average? And the average is always fine. The average college student didn't want to take part in these things. The average college student wanted to do his work, get a job, learn.

Yeah. College students overwhelmingly want to be exposed to different ideas. But what I'm arguing is that since the great transformation, since everything became digital, Jeff Jarvis has a book called The Gutenberg Print, a really good book. There was a period, 500 years, that was based on print, text, the Gutenberg era. That ended right around 2014.

Yeah. College students overwhelmingly want to be exposed to different ideas. But what I'm arguing is that since the great transformation, since everything became digital, Jeff Jarvis has a book called The Gutenberg Print, a really good book. There was a period, 500 years, that was based on print, text, the Gutenberg era. That ended right around 2014.

Yeah. College students overwhelmingly want to be exposed to different ideas. But what I'm arguing is that since the great transformation, since everything became digital, Jeff Jarvis has a book called The Gutenberg Print, a really good book. There was a period, 500 years, that was based on print, text, the Gutenberg era. That ended right around 2014.

2014 is when you get the first global cancellation, that woman who told a bad joke on Twitter and then she was fired by the time she landed in South Africa. Yes. That was not possible in 2010. You could ruin your life in three minutes. That's right. Because the super viral dynamics of our planet have changed everything and what it is to live within a college. Not our community colleges.

2014 is when you get the first global cancellation, that woman who told a bad joke on Twitter and then she was fired by the time she landed in South Africa. Yes. That was not possible in 2010. You could ruin your life in three minutes. That's right. Because the super viral dynamics of our planet have changed everything and what it is to live within a college. Not our community colleges.

2014 is when you get the first global cancellation, that woman who told a bad joke on Twitter and then she was fired by the time she landed in South Africa. Yes. That was not possible in 2010. You could ruin your life in three minutes. That's right. Because the super viral dynamics of our planet have changed everything and what it is to live within a college. Not our community colleges.

It wasn't just 10 or 12. It was like the top one or 200. Generally pervasive at our elite schools was if you say something, it could be the end of your social life.

It wasn't just 10 or 12. It was like the top one or 200. Generally pervasive at our elite schools was if you say something, it could be the end of your social life.

It wasn't just 10 or 12. It was like the top one or 200. Generally pervasive at our elite schools was if you say something, it could be the end of your social life.