Jonathan Haidt

One of my students said, I take out a book, I read a sentence, I get bored, I go to TikTok. What is the cost to humanity if half of our kids can't read a book?

One of my students said, I take out a book, I read a sentence, I get bored, I go to TikTok. What is the cost to humanity if half of our kids can't read a book?

Yeah, I hear that argument occasionally. Like, well, the technology is here to stay. They need to learn how to use it. So they should start early. You know, I mean, sex is here to stay, but we're not going to start our kids at six or seven. Let them have normalcy. There's a time for it.

Yeah, I hear that argument occasionally. Like, well, the technology is here to stay. They need to learn how to use it. So they should start early. You know, I mean, sex is here to stay, but we're not going to start our kids at six or seven. Let them have normalcy. There's a time for it.

Yeah, I hear that argument occasionally. Like, well, the technology is here to stay. They need to learn how to use it. So they should start early. You know, I mean, sex is here to stay, but we're not going to start our kids at six or seven. Let them have normalcy. There's a time for it.

What I would say as a college professor is if you want to send your kids to me at NYU Stern, a business school, or preparing for these sorts of careers you're talking about, and I could choose between kids who had an iPhone or iPad from age five and were always on it and can use the technology but can't think, can't focus, can't write, can't look you in the eye.

What I would say as a college professor is if you want to send your kids to me at NYU Stern, a business school, or preparing for these sorts of careers you're talking about, and I could choose between kids who had an iPhone or iPad from age five and were always on it and can use the technology but can't think, can't focus, can't write, can't look you in the eye.

What I would say as a college professor is if you want to send your kids to me at NYU Stern, a business school, or preparing for these sorts of careers you're talking about, and I could choose between kids who had an iPhone or iPad from age five and were always on it and can use the technology but can't think, can't focus, can't write, can't look you in the eye.

I mean, how are you going to succeed in business? Right. If, on the other hand, I could get kids who were raised in a homeschooled Christian environment, they had no technology until they were 18. I suppose they were going to come to college. They're going to pick up how to use the technology in about three days.

I mean, how are you going to succeed in business? Right. If, on the other hand, I could get kids who were raised in a homeschooled Christian environment, they had no technology until they were 18. I suppose they were going to come to college. They're going to pick up how to use the technology in about three days.

I mean, how are you going to succeed in business? Right. If, on the other hand, I could get kids who were raised in a homeschooled Christian environment, they had no technology until they were 18. I suppose they were going to come to college. They're going to pick up how to use the technology in about three days.

That's right. The millennials in the 90s, your generation, you guys grew up with the Internet, but you learned how to program what a motherboard is and swapping in chips. I mean, there was learning before, but now these things are so easy to use and they're designed to be addictive. The early Internet was not designed to be addictive. It was designed to be useful. So, no, I reject that argument.

That's right. The millennials in the 90s, your generation, you guys grew up with the Internet, but you learned how to program what a motherboard is and swapping in chips. I mean, there was learning before, but now these things are so easy to use and they're designed to be addictive. The early Internet was not designed to be addictive. It was designed to be useful. So, no, I reject that argument.

That's right. The millennials in the 90s, your generation, you guys grew up with the Internet, but you learned how to program what a motherboard is and swapping in chips. I mean, there was learning before, but now these things are so easy to use and they're designed to be addictive. The early Internet was not designed to be addictive. It was designed to be useful. So, no, I reject that argument.

It's much, much better to let healthy brain development at least get most of the way through before you shatter it with the constant interruptions and fragmenting.

It's much, much better to let healthy brain development at least get most of the way through before you shatter it with the constant interruptions and fragmenting.

It's much, much better to let healthy brain development at least get most of the way through before you shatter it with the constant interruptions and fragmenting.

Well, and that brings us right to another of the foundations, which is addiction. And this is one that we mentioned in the book, but I'm coming to see is much more serious than I realized. So yes, let's talk about addiction a bit. Finally wandered into my field of expertise, addiction. Okay. All right. So I'll interview you about it. The key neural process here is, of course, dopamine.

Well, and that brings us right to another of the foundations, which is addiction. And this is one that we mentioned in the book, but I'm coming to see is much more serious than I realized. So yes, let's talk about addiction a bit. Finally wandered into my field of expertise, addiction. Okay. All right. So I'll interview you about it. The key neural process here is, of course, dopamine.

Well, and that brings us right to another of the foundations, which is addiction. And this is one that we mentioned in the book, but I'm coming to see is much more serious than I realized. So yes, let's talk about addiction a bit. Finally wandered into my field of expertise, addiction. Okay. All right. So I'll interview you about it. The key neural process here is, of course, dopamine.