Jonathan Haidt

I mean, I was always just thinking about Gen Z, but we don't know when Gen Alpha begins. Marketers tell us 2010 or 2011. I think it might actually depend more on TikTok. I think TikTok is transformative for brain development. And so it might be that the generation shaped by TikTok is very different. But for now, we're going with 2010. Let's say 2011 is the first birth year of Gen Alpha.

I mean, I was always just thinking about Gen Z, but we don't know when Gen Alpha begins. Marketers tell us 2010 or 2011. I think it might actually depend more on TikTok. I think TikTok is transformative for brain development. And so it might be that the generation shaped by TikTok is very different. But for now, we're going with 2010. Let's say 2011 is the first birth year of Gen Alpha.

Neural networks are amazing things. I was thinking going into AI in 1986 when I was done with college and I was working in computers. And AI back then was based on programming normal computer language to do things and it didn't get very far. It's only once they develop the idea that, hey, how about we make something like a neural network? And then you train it.

Neural networks are amazing things. I was thinking going into AI in 1986 when I was done with college and I was working in computers. And AI back then was based on programming normal computer language to do things and it didn't get very far. It's only once they develop the idea that, hey, how about we make something like a neural network? And then you train it.

Neural networks are amazing things. I was thinking going into AI in 1986 when I was done with college and I was working in computers. And AI back then was based on programming normal computer language to do things and it didn't get very far. It's only once they develop the idea that, hey, how about we make something like a neural network? And then you train it.

And of course, we all know the training data needed to train chat GPT is enormous. And the stuff you put in is going to shape the connections made. So what happens when the stuff that gets put into our neural network is the stuff that we evolved for, which is fantastic.

And of course, we all know the training data needed to train chat GPT is enormous. And the stuff you put in is going to shape the connections made. So what happens when the stuff that gets put into our neural network is the stuff that we evolved for, which is fantastic.

And of course, we all know the training data needed to train chat GPT is enormous. And the stuff you put in is going to shape the connections made. So what happens when the stuff that gets put into our neural network is the stuff that we evolved for, which is fantastic.

First, you learn how to move your body, and then you learn to walk and run and eye contact and social life and talking and climbing and fleeing predators and forming coalitions and all the stuff that you have to learn. And you watch kids. It's amazing. They'll do something. It falls down. They do it again. It falls down. They do it again. I mean, they repeat, repeat, repeat. They've got no quit.

First, you learn how to move your body, and then you learn to walk and run and eye contact and social life and talking and climbing and fleeing predators and forming coalitions and all the stuff that you have to learn. And you watch kids. It's amazing. They'll do something. It falls down. They do it again. It falls down. They do it again. I mean, they repeat, repeat, repeat. They've got no quit.

First, you learn how to move your body, and then you learn to walk and run and eye contact and social life and talking and climbing and fleeing predators and forming coalitions and all the stuff that you have to learn. And you watch kids. It's amazing. They'll do something. It falls down. They do it again. It falls down. They do it again. I mean, they repeat, repeat, repeat. They've got no quit.

Although now, if you give a kid an iPad, they might say, fuck that, this is too interesting. I'm staying on the iPad.

Although now, if you give a kid an iPad, they might say, fuck that, this is too interesting. I'm staying on the iPad.

Although now, if you give a kid an iPad, they might say, fuck that, this is too interesting. I'm staying on the iPad.

Yeah, that's right. So my point is that brain development takes a very, very long time. Humans have an extraordinarily long childhood. And the only way that we could have such a long childhood is if it was incredibly valuable because evolution is a battle for survival. Why would you delay reproduction by so long? Culture is very, very powerful, very important to learn.

Yeah, that's right. So my point is that brain development takes a very, very long time. Humans have an extraordinarily long childhood. And the only way that we could have such a long childhood is if it was incredibly valuable because evolution is a battle for survival. Why would you delay reproduction by so long? Culture is very, very powerful, very important to learn.

Yeah, that's right. So my point is that brain development takes a very, very long time. Humans have an extraordinarily long childhood. And the only way that we could have such a long childhood is if it was incredibly valuable because evolution is a battle for survival. Why would you delay reproduction by so long? Culture is very, very powerful, very important to learn.

And so we've evolved cultural mechanisms of cultural learning. And we still use this. We look not just to our parents. We look at all the adults. No child has their parents' accent. They have the accent of the people around them. So we can live in modern ways, but you still have to have this pathway of child development. Now, what happens when we now give kids iPhones and iPads?

And so we've evolved cultural mechanisms of cultural learning. And we still use this. We look not just to our parents. We look at all the adults. No child has their parents' accent. They have the accent of the people around them. So we can live in modern ways, but you still have to have this pathway of child development. Now, what happens when we now give kids iPhones and iPads?

And so we've evolved cultural mechanisms of cultural learning. And we still use this. We look not just to our parents. We look at all the adults. No child has their parents' accent. They have the accent of the people around them. So we can live in modern ways, but you still have to have this pathway of child development. Now, what happens when we now give kids iPhones and iPads?