Jonathan Haidt
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So that's something that's really important to me as a doctor.
Every suggestion I ever offer...
will always be cost-free because I think about patients with varying resources.
It's all science-backed and it's totally practical.
You don't have to go to Bali and have a sabbatical.
You can rewire your brain today, right now, in the midst of all of this chaos.
It's always such a pleasure to join you, Stephen.
And truly, I feel like you are changing the world as well.
Thanks so much, Neil.
Great to see you again and great to meet Gary and Chuck.
So thanks, Neil.
So in the social sciences, we have to think about multiple sources of evidence.
And the clearest, we have some pretty hard data when you look at these longitudinal studies.
So the US government has done a great job of supporting surveys.
Some go back to the 1970s.
So we can see the various trends in mental health.
Now this is self-reported, you know, a nine point depression scale, a question about anxiety.
And those numbers move up and down a little bit from the 90s through 2010, 2011.
They're very, very stable.
And then all of a sudden, it's like someone flipped a switch somewhere.