Jonathan Haidt
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And so even though you feel excluded, you're being excluded from a world of losers, frankly. And in the long run, you are going to be cool because you're going to actually be able to be present. You're going to be a lot more attracted to girls, I'll tell you that. He's going to be able to connect. You can look them in the eye and have a conversation and connect. That's right.
And so even though you feel excluded, you're being excluded from a world of losers, frankly. And in the long run, you are going to be cool because you're going to actually be able to be present. You're going to be a lot more attracted to girls, I'll tell you that. He's going to be able to connect. You can look them in the eye and have a conversation and connect. That's right.
And so even though you feel excluded, you're being excluded from a world of losers, frankly. And in the long run, you are going to be cool because you're going to actually be able to be present. You're going to be a lot more attracted to girls, I'll tell you that. He's going to be able to connect. You can look them in the eye and have a conversation and connect. That's right.
Catherine, what would you add?
Catherine, what would you add?
Catherine, what would you add?
I'd like to just add, my kids go to Brooklyn Tech High School here in New York. And I know that there was a chapter of the Luddite Club at Brooklyn Tech. I couldn't get my daughter to join it, but at least I feel somewhat connected to it from the fact that it is local for us. And I think one thing that Catherine and I are so thrilled by is if this is such a big problem, childhood has been rewired
I'd like to just add, my kids go to Brooklyn Tech High School here in New York. And I know that there was a chapter of the Luddite Club at Brooklyn Tech. I couldn't get my daughter to join it, but at least I feel somewhat connected to it from the fact that it is local for us. And I think one thing that Catherine and I are so thrilled by is if this is such a big problem, childhood has been rewired
I'd like to just add, my kids go to Brooklyn Tech High School here in New York. And I know that there was a chapter of the Luddite Club at Brooklyn Tech. I couldn't get my daughter to join it, but at least I feel somewhat connected to it from the fact that it is local for us. And I think one thing that Catherine and I are so thrilled by is if this is such a big problem, childhood has been rewired
We can't, to change this, we need everybody. We need the adults, the parents, the Congress people, the doctors, the teachers, the administration, we need everybody. But if the kids are silent and it's just, the adults are saying, oh, we got to save the kids. That's not so compelling to the kids.
We can't, to change this, we need everybody. We need the adults, the parents, the Congress people, the doctors, the teachers, the administration, we need everybody. But if the kids are silent and it's just, the adults are saying, oh, we got to save the kids. That's not so compelling to the kids.
We can't, to change this, we need everybody. We need the adults, the parents, the Congress people, the doctors, the teachers, the administration, we need everybody. But if the kids are silent and it's just, the adults are saying, oh, we got to save the kids. That's not so compelling to the kids.
But when you have examples popping up all over the country, if you go to anxiousgeneration.com, we have a link to lots of aligned organizations, including a bunch of other ones that are started by Gen Z. So to see members of your generation stepping up and saying, no, this is bad for us. No matter how hard it is, we're finding the guts and the discipline.
But when you have examples popping up all over the country, if you go to anxiousgeneration.com, we have a link to lots of aligned organizations, including a bunch of other ones that are started by Gen Z. So to see members of your generation stepping up and saying, no, this is bad for us. No matter how hard it is, we're finding the guts and the discipline.
But when you have examples popping up all over the country, if you go to anxiousgeneration.com, we have a link to lots of aligned organizations, including a bunch of other ones that are started by Gen Z. So to see members of your generation stepping up and saying, no, this is bad for us. No matter how hard it is, we're finding the guts and the discipline.
We're going to unplug and we're going to re-embrace life and childhood. So thank you. We're just so thrilled to see the example of your group. And the ludditeclub.org, if anyone is curious about it online.
We're going to unplug and we're going to re-embrace life and childhood. So thank you. We're just so thrilled to see the example of your group. And the ludditeclub.org, if anyone is curious about it online.
We're going to unplug and we're going to re-embrace life and childhood. So thank you. We're just so thrilled to see the example of your group. And the ludditeclub.org, if anyone is curious about it online.
Well, I'll start off by just saying this problem seems so big. And the main criticism I've gotten in the last year, there's almost nothing about how I got the story wrong. The criticism is almost always, oh, it's too late. Oh, it's hopeless. Oh, the technology is here to stay. But what we've seen since the book launched last April is that parents are fed up. Teachers are fed up.
Well, I'll start off by just saying this problem seems so big. And the main criticism I've gotten in the last year, there's almost nothing about how I got the story wrong. The criticism is almost always, oh, it's too late. Oh, it's hopeless. Oh, the technology is here to stay. But what we've seen since the book launched last April is that parents are fed up. Teachers are fed up.