Jonathan Haidt

So once I saw that chapter, I said, whoa, I can't just leave this in chapter one and go write a book about democracy. I've got to follow this out. And that's what became The Anxious Generation. I split the book in two. My editors were happy with that. And I ended up writing as fast as I could The Anxious Generation, how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.

So once I saw that chapter, I said, whoa, I can't just leave this in chapter one and go write a book about democracy. I've got to follow this out. And that's what became The Anxious Generation. I split the book in two. My editors were happy with that. And I ended up writing as fast as I could The Anxious Generation, how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.

So once I saw that chapter, I said, whoa, I can't just leave this in chapter one and go write a book about democracy. I've got to follow this out. And that's what became The Anxious Generation. I split the book in two. My editors were happy with that. And I ended up writing as fast as I could The Anxious Generation, how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.

So the data is clearest on a link between social media and girls. There, you can just look at just a simple correlation. The girls who spend a lot of time on social media are two or three times more depressed than the girls who spend little. That's a very, very crude measure, just how much time. For boys, there's a relation, but it's weaker. And so that's how I started. I thought, okay,

So the data is clearest on a link between social media and girls. There, you can just look at just a simple correlation. The girls who spend a lot of time on social media are two or three times more depressed than the girls who spend little. That's a very, very crude measure, just how much time. For boys, there's a relation, but it's weaker. And so that's how I started. I thought, okay,

So the data is clearest on a link between social media and girls. There, you can just look at just a simple correlation. The girls who spend a lot of time on social media are two or three times more depressed than the girls who spend little. That's a very, very crude measure, just how much time. For boys, there's a relation, but it's weaker. And so that's how I started. I thought, okay,

The central thing here is social media is hurting girls because I was focused on the published literature. But as I got more and more into it, I realized there are many, many different harms that are not about the number of hours you spend. So, okay, let's do the boys. No, let's do the girls first. And then we'll move on to the boys.

The central thing here is social media is hurting girls because I was focused on the published literature. But as I got more and more into it, I realized there are many, many different harms that are not about the number of hours you spend. So, okay, let's do the boys. No, let's do the girls first. And then we'll move on to the boys.

The central thing here is social media is hurting girls because I was focused on the published literature. But as I got more and more into it, I realized there are many, many different harms that are not about the number of hours you spend. So, okay, let's do the boys. No, let's do the girls first. And then we'll move on to the boys.

So think about it this way. You're a company whose business model is based on monetizing children's attention. You've got to grab their eyeballs and keep them as long as you possibly can. What is the bait that you want to use in your trap? And the way a trap works is you have to have bait that appeals to the animal. You're not going to catch, you know, catch a dog using grapes.

So think about it this way. You're a company whose business model is based on monetizing children's attention. You've got to grab their eyeballs and keep them as long as you possibly can. What is the bait that you want to use in your trap? And the way a trap works is you have to have bait that appeals to the animal. You're not going to catch, you know, catch a dog using grapes.

So think about it this way. You're a company whose business model is based on monetizing children's attention. You've got to grab their eyeballs and keep them as long as you possibly can. What is the bait that you want to use in your trap? And the way a trap works is you have to have bait that appeals to the animal. You're not going to catch, you know, catch a dog using grapes.

I mean, they don't like grapes or whatever. Some dogs do, but you know.

I mean, they don't like grapes or whatever. Some dogs do, but you know.

I mean, they don't like grapes or whatever. Some dogs do, but you know.

So you need bait. And what's the bait for girls? If you want to get teenage girls in, what are you gonna show them? Who said what about whom? Who's friends with whom? What people said about you? Girls and women have a more developed mental map of social space. This is a common joke in every family. My wife remembers, knows all sorts of things about my friends that I've forgotten.

So you need bait. And what's the bait for girls? If you want to get teenage girls in, what are you gonna show them? Who said what about whom? Who's friends with whom? What people said about you? Girls and women have a more developed mental map of social space. This is a common joke in every family. My wife remembers, knows all sorts of things about my friends that I've forgotten.

So you need bait. And what's the bait for girls? If you want to get teenage girls in, what are you gonna show them? Who said what about whom? Who's friends with whom? What people said about you? Girls and women have a more developed mental map of social space. This is a common joke in every family. My wife remembers, knows all sorts of things about my friends that I've forgotten.

So girls and women are much more sociable in their social cognition. Boys and men are literally a bit more autistic. That is literally the difference. Males are sort of shifted over a bit on the spectrum. Not that they're autistic, but like towards that. High systemizer, low empathizer, not as socially skilled. So social media offers to girls what everyone is saying about everyone.

So girls and women are much more sociable in their social cognition. Boys and men are literally a bit more autistic. That is literally the difference. Males are sort of shifted over a bit on the spectrum. Not that they're autistic, but like towards that. High systemizer, low empathizer, not as socially skilled. So social media offers to girls what everyone is saying about everyone.