Jonathan Haidt

Two things. One is on the true kidnappings. It's in the ballpark of one or 200 cases a year. So the point is, it's very, very rare in the real world. Now, once we move to online, and this is what's so insane about what's happening. Parents are afraid to let their kids run around outside because they're afraid they'll get picked up by a sex predator. The sex predators are all on Instagram.

That's where they move. They're too busy. Because they can contact people anonymously. They can groom them and then sometimes they can arrange to meet them. Or once you get a naked photo of a kid, now you've got power over them. You can make him or her do anything you want on camera for you and your body. I mean, it's sick what's happening. Yes, yes.

That's where they move. They're too busy. Because they can contact people anonymously. They can groom them and then sometimes they can arrange to meet them. Or once you get a naked photo of a kid, now you've got power over them. You can make him or her do anything you want on camera for you and your body. I mean, it's sick what's happening. Yes, yes.

That's where they move. They're too busy. Because they can contact people anonymously. They can groom them and then sometimes they can arrange to meet them. Or once you get a naked photo of a kid, now you've got power over them. You can make him or her do anything you want on camera for you and your body. I mean, it's sick what's happening. Yes, yes.

If we're focusing on online, I don't think it's a moral panic. The data from an insider at Instagram, Arturo Bejar, he found, I think it was something like one in seven teens reported some kind of inappropriate sexual contact, like somebody trying to hit on them, pick them up. One in seven. Every week. Oh my God.

If we're focusing on online, I don't think it's a moral panic. The data from an insider at Instagram, Arturo Bejar, he found, I think it was something like one in seven teens reported some kind of inappropriate sexual contact, like somebody trying to hit on them, pick them up. One in seven. Every week. Oh my God.

If we're focusing on online, I don't think it's a moral panic. The data from an insider at Instagram, Arturo Bejar, he found, I think it was something like one in seven teens reported some kind of inappropriate sexual contact, like somebody trying to hit on them, pick them up. One in seven. Every week. Oh my God.

You know, it's hard to know what the exact numbers are, but the point is it's much more dangerous online than in the real world. So we grossly overreacted. And here's what we've learned about why did we freak out in the 90s just as things were getting safe? And the answer is that that's when we stopped trusting our neighbors. The key work here is Robert Putnam's book, Bowling Alone.

You know, it's hard to know what the exact numbers are, but the point is it's much more dangerous online than in the real world. So we grossly overreacted. And here's what we've learned about why did we freak out in the 90s just as things were getting safe? And the answer is that that's when we stopped trusting our neighbors. The key work here is Robert Putnam's book, Bowling Alone.

You know, it's hard to know what the exact numbers are, but the point is it's much more dangerous online than in the real world. So we grossly overreacted. And here's what we've learned about why did we freak out in the 90s just as things were getting safe? And the answer is that that's when we stopped trusting our neighbors. The key work here is Robert Putnam's book, Bowling Alone.

In the 50s and 60s, we had very, very high social capital in America. We trusted our neighbors. And back then, there were men going around. My sister, when she was a teenager, a man stopped in his car and opened the door and he was naked and masturbating. Yeah. And it was just like, that stuff just happened. Yes, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But by the 90s, that guy would be locked away for 20 years.

In the 50s and 60s, we had very, very high social capital in America. We trusted our neighbors. And back then, there were men going around. My sister, when she was a teenager, a man stopped in his car and opened the door and he was naked and masturbating. Yeah. And it was just like, that stuff just happened. Yes, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But by the 90s, that guy would be locked away for 20 years.

In the 50s and 60s, we had very, very high social capital in America. We trusted our neighbors. And back then, there were men going around. My sister, when she was a teenager, a man stopped in his car and opened the door and he was naked and masturbating. Yeah. And it was just like, that stuff just happened. Yes, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But by the 90s, that guy would be locked away for 20 years.

So back when there were actually more risks, we trusted our neighbors. We let our kids out and some bad stuff happened to them.

So back when there were actually more risks, we trusted our neighbors. We let our kids out and some bad stuff happened to them.

So back when there were actually more risks, we trusted our neighbors. We let our kids out and some bad stuff happened to them.

They're not a stranger. That's right. And the fact that it was often in institutions, whether it be the Catholic Church or sports teams or Boy Scouts. So that was a huge advance was to say, look, all these organizations, they have some bad apples and then they cover up. That's what they're really guilty of. And that all came out in the 90s.

They're not a stranger. That's right. And the fact that it was often in institutions, whether it be the Catholic Church or sports teams or Boy Scouts. So that was a huge advance was to say, look, all these organizations, they have some bad apples and then they cover up. That's what they're really guilty of. And that all came out in the 90s.

They're not a stranger. That's right. And the fact that it was often in institutions, whether it be the Catholic Church or sports teams or Boy Scouts. So that was a huge advance was to say, look, all these organizations, they have some bad apples and then they cover up. That's what they're really guilty of. And that all came out in the 90s.

And so in a sense, that was a legitimate reason to think like, whoa, this is much broader than we thought. But at the same time, crime and danger was plummeting then. And we didn't really pick up on that. But it's that we lost trust in our neighbors. And one way we can see this is the same. Same thing happens in Canada and the UK where they don't have the high crime rates that we do.