Kelly Corrigan

Whatever makes money will be made.

Whether it's good for society or not, people will make anything that makes money.

There are enough people who are not reluctant in any way to add something to society that will enrich themselves that is utterly unhealthy and will ultimately lead to tremendous dips in well-being for individuals while also enriching the companies who make these products.

There's no question that this is our history and it's a byproduct of capitalism.

Mm-hmm.

And that, I think, is an issue.

And feeling pessimistic that...

Anything could be stronger than the market or the profit motive.

Like that's where I get to is like, are we, is that what we're counting on?

That like enough people are like, yes, I know I could make a fortune here, but I'm not going to.

And all this pushes a very basic question, which is extremely relevant to parenting and AI.

Do we just let the market decide?

Or are we beholden at some other level to develop and provide products that are both what the customer believes they want enough to buy it,

but that we know will be ultimately good for the things that we say we value as a society, like strong families?

To me, that is a million dollar question.

And that makes me think, will some company that is just giving customers whatever they want without a second thought to what's good for all, will they beat Avni's company?

Will they make 10 times the money?

of Avni's company, will they move 10 times faster into the space because they're not worrying themselves with these larger questions, because they're not getting hung up or slowed down by avoiding the same mistakes of, say, social media?

I mean, these forces will never die and they will create fertile soil for certain kinds of products.

And unfortunately, that means we, as the customers, have to be super vigilant.