Jonathan Haidt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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So then I think the story you're referring to is that then when he was 13, he died.
He got really into tennis, and I took him to the U.S.
Open when he was 12 and then again 13.
And he really wanted to go to a night game, and that would mean he'd have to come home very, very late.
He loved going out to Queens alone.
We let him do that during the day.
But he wanted to go out to a night game.
And, you know, we were a little nervous about that, but we thought, okay, you know, what would Lenora say?
And we said, okay.
So he went out and the game, you know, tennis game, sometimes they go really late.
This was a really late game.
And so he's coming home on the subway.
And, you know, there's a huge crowd.
Everyone's happy.
They're all out to get the subway.
He gets on the subway, comes back.
And when he tries to transfer, that train wasn't running.
And here it is.
It's like one in the morning.
So what does he do?