Jonathan Haidt

She was arrested.

She was arrested.

She was put in jail.

She was put in jail.

The boy was 10. Yeah. And she didn't even send him. The boy was 10 and he decided to walk, you know, a little bit to a store.

The boy was 10. Yeah. And she didn't even send him. The boy was 10 and he decided to walk, you know, a little bit to a store.

Yeah, that's right. So a lot of the fear in America is not just of abduction. Some people are afraid of abduction, which is almost unheard of in this country. But others of us are afraid that a neighbor will call the police on us.

Yeah, that's right. So a lot of the fear in America is not just of abduction. Some people are afraid of abduction, which is almost unheard of in this country. But others of us are afraid that a neighbor will call the police on us.

Do you get what I'm saying? But if we don't know each other, we're afraid they'll yell at us. They might be armed. Who knows? Yes.

Do you get what I'm saying? But if we don't know each other, we're afraid they'll yell at us. They might be armed. Who knows? Yes.

That's right. There's a really interesting observation about America from Alexis de Tocqueville, the French sociologist or aristocrat who traveled in America in the 1830s. And he wrote Democracy in America, which many American kids used to read in middle school. And de Tocqueville observes that in America, it's the most amazing thing.

That's right. There's a really interesting observation about America from Alexis de Tocqueville, the French sociologist or aristocrat who traveled in America in the 1830s. And he wrote Democracy in America, which many American kids used to read in middle school. And de Tocqueville observes that in America, it's the most amazing thing.

When a town, when they need to build a bridge over the stream, they need to build a school or a hospital, the townspeople get together and somebody figures is going to lead it and they figure how to raise the money and then they do it. Whereas in France, we wait for the king to do it. And in Britain, you know, they wait for the nobles to do it. And this is an amazing thing about America.

When a town, when they need to build a bridge over the stream, they need to build a school or a hospital, the townspeople get together and somebody figures is going to lead it and they figure how to raise the money and then they do it. Whereas in France, we wait for the king to do it. And in Britain, you know, they wait for the nobles to do it. And this is an amazing thing about America.

And this is really the whole Ben Franklin thing. Like, let's start institutions. There's a problem. Let's solve it. And this is part of what made America amazing and special and different is that we had such a vast country and such a weak central government that you couldn't really count on government. So that was part of the American character.

And this is really the whole Ben Franklin thing. Like, let's start institutions. There's a problem. Let's solve it. And this is part of what made America amazing and special and different is that we had such a vast country and such a weak central government that you couldn't really count on government. So that was part of the American character.

But now we're blocking children from developing that. We're blocking children from having the ability to say, hey, we've got a problem. Let's figure out how to solve it. Let's just call in the authorities. So once again, we're preparing our kids for authoritarianism, not for democracy.

But now we're blocking children from developing that. We're blocking children from having the ability to say, hey, we've got a problem. Let's figure out how to solve it. Let's just call in the authorities. So once again, we're preparing our kids for authoritarianism, not for democracy.

So for girls, the central harm, the most important harm comes through social media. And so one way to think about this is if you're a company and you want to trap girls, what you would do is you would say, hey, here's social information. Do you want to see what so-and-so said about so-and-so? Do you want to see who's friends with who, who's dating who? So that's much more appealing to girls.

So for girls, the central harm, the most important harm comes through social media. And so one way to think about this is if you're a company and you want to trap girls, what you would do is you would say, hey, here's social information. Do you want to see what so-and-so said about so-and-so? Do you want to see who's friends with who, who's dating who? So that's much more appealing to girls.