Jonathan Haidt

A lot of boys have killed themselves because they're so shamed by what has happened.

So each of the platforms has a different profile of harms.

And what happens in the research, unfortunately, is everything gets lumped together.

And all we're studying is how many hours a day are you on social media?

And that lumps together four very different kinds of poison.

So that dilutes the effects for any one kind of poison.

But don't let your kids on any platform where they're talking to strangers.

That actually includes Roblox.

It's insane the way all these companies want to grow and bring people into interaction with children.

So disturbing.

Suppose you're a 14-year-old drug dealer.

You could make more money than I could as a professor, and who am I to tell you you shouldn't do it?

As a society, we protect children.

That is a mic drop.

If kids, if 14 year olds could make a killing as coal miners, would we let them?

So look, our kids are a mess.

Our kids are being chewed up.

Our kids are in terrible shape.

Our kids are being exploited.

These companies are worth literally trillions of dollars, but we don't give them any money.