Jonathan Haidt

What's coming at kids is so far beyond what we can imagine. And the principle so far from the early days of the internet, our children are the same as adults. Anyone can be any age on the internet. There is no age. Everyone can do everything. That's been the rule.

We have more than 100 years of experience in the real world saying, you know, we want adults to be able to drink and smoke, but we don't want kids to be doing it. We want adults to have sex, but we don't want kids to be doing it, you know, with strangers.

We have more than 100 years of experience in the real world saying, you know, we want adults to be able to drink and smoke, but we don't want kids to be doing it. We want adults to have sex, but we don't want kids to be doing it, you know, with strangers.

We have more than 100 years of experience in the real world saying, you know, we want adults to be able to drink and smoke, but we don't want kids to be doing it. We want adults to have sex, but we don't want kids to be doing it, you know, with strangers.

Driving, right. We've accepted the principle in the real world that kids are not adults. Online, we have not yet accepted that principle. And AI is coming, not five years from now.

Driving, right. We've accepted the principle in the real world that kids are not adults. Online, we have not yet accepted that principle. And AI is coming, not five years from now.

Driving, right. We've accepted the principle in the real world that kids are not adults. Online, we have not yet accepted that principle. And AI is coming, not five years from now.

They already have it. So we've already had several encounters with this. We already let social media get to our kids early. And this has been, I believe, a disaster. What's the likelihood that when our kids now have all these AI friends that are so great, so praising, no problems.

They already have it. So we've already had several encounters with this. We already let social media get to our kids early. And this has been, I believe, a disaster. What's the likelihood that when our kids now have all these AI friends that are so great, so praising, no problems.

They already have it. So we've already had several encounters with this. We already let social media get to our kids early. And this has been, I believe, a disaster. What's the likelihood that when our kids now have all these AI friends that are so great, so praising, no problems.

The odds that this is going to be good for them are so slim. That's why I do really feel like a man on a mission that we have to fix this this year, 2025, because by 2026, 27, the AI, the rate of increase, the arrival of artificial general intelligence, the degree to which our lives will be run by agents. So we do have to act quickly. I don't think we can say, well, you know, we need more study.

The odds that this is going to be good for them are so slim. That's why I do really feel like a man on a mission that we have to fix this this year, 2025, because by 2026, 27, the AI, the rate of increase, the arrival of artificial general intelligence, the degree to which our lives will be run by agents. So we do have to act quickly. I don't think we can say, well, you know, we need more study.

The odds that this is going to be good for them are so slim. That's why I do really feel like a man on a mission that we have to fix this this year, 2025, because by 2026, 27, the AI, the rate of increase, the arrival of artificial general intelligence, the degree to which our lives will be run by agents. So we do have to act quickly. I don't think we can say, well, you know, we need more study.

The proposals that I'm making cost approximately zero dollars. Yeah.

The proposals that I'm making cost approximately zero dollars. Yeah.

The proposals that I'm making cost approximately zero dollars. Yeah.

Yes, there's a chance that I'm wrong. There's a chance that this was actually caused by some weird plastic that was introduced in 2012 all over the world at the same time. It hit girls more than boys. Exactly. So that could be true. I can't be certain that I'm right about this. Yeah.

Yes, there's a chance that I'm wrong. There's a chance that this was actually caused by some weird plastic that was introduced in 2012 all over the world at the same time. It hit girls more than boys. Exactly. So that could be true. I can't be certain that I'm right about this. Yeah.

Yes, there's a chance that I'm wrong. There's a chance that this was actually caused by some weird plastic that was introduced in 2012 all over the world at the same time. It hit girls more than boys. Exactly. So that could be true. I can't be certain that I'm right about this. Yeah.

Oh, I was excited.