Piers Morgan

I mean, that Jonathan Haidt book from 2010, how smartphones, the moment they became smart, started bombarding kids with all this negative dopamine stuff all the time. I think it's a real problem. And I think that young brains get scrambled by the constant negativity. I think about when I was young, there were wars going on, but you never saw any of the graphic stuff. You had no way of seeing it.

I mean, that Jonathan Haidt book from 2010, how smartphones, the moment they became smart, started bombarding kids with all this negative dopamine stuff all the time. I think it's a real problem. And I think that young brains get scrambled by the constant negativity. I think about when I was young, there were wars going on, but you never saw any of the graphic stuff. You had no way of seeing it.

I mean, that Jonathan Haidt book from 2010, how smartphones, the moment they became smart, started bombarding kids with all this negative dopamine stuff all the time. I think it's a real problem. And I think that young brains get scrambled by the constant negativity. I think about when I was young, there were wars going on, but you never saw any of the graphic stuff. You had no way of seeing it.

It wouldn't be shown on the relatively sanitized news broadcasts. There was no internet. There were no phones, nothing else. The newspapers wouldn't run the really gory stuff. Now, if you go on X in the middle and tap in Ukraine or Gaza or whatever, the most horrific stuff comes up all day long. If you're a young 17, 18-year-old exposed to that, it must have a very corrosive effect on you.

It wouldn't be shown on the relatively sanitized news broadcasts. There was no internet. There were no phones, nothing else. The newspapers wouldn't run the really gory stuff. Now, if you go on X in the middle and tap in Ukraine or Gaza or whatever, the most horrific stuff comes up all day long. If you're a young 17, 18-year-old exposed to that, it must have a very corrosive effect on you.

It wouldn't be shown on the relatively sanitized news broadcasts. There was no internet. There were no phones, nothing else. The newspapers wouldn't run the really gory stuff. Now, if you go on X in the middle and tap in Ukraine or Gaza or whatever, the most horrific stuff comes up all day long. If you're a young 17, 18-year-old exposed to that, it must have a very corrosive effect on you.

And it must make you start to catastrophize because you think this is what everything in the world is like now. The reality is the opposite. Interestingly, in recorded history, this is by far the best time to ever be alive. There are fewer wars at the moment raging than in recorded history in the time period. There's less child poverty. Water is cleaner and killing less people.

And it must make you start to catastrophize because you think this is what everything in the world is like now. The reality is the opposite. Interestingly, in recorded history, this is by far the best time to ever be alive. There are fewer wars at the moment raging than in recorded history in the time period. There's less child poverty. Water is cleaner and killing less people.

And it must make you start to catastrophize because you think this is what everything in the world is like now. The reality is the opposite. Interestingly, in recorded history, this is by far the best time to ever be alive. There are fewer wars at the moment raging than in recorded history in the time period. There's less child poverty. Water is cleaner and killing less people.

There are less insects killing millions of people. A lot of the insects that kill people have been eradicated. The death counts on those. Little things which could have huge effects in continents like Africa. People are living longer, they're living healthier, they are better educated, and so on. And you go through every metric of life.

There are less insects killing millions of people. A lot of the insects that kill people have been eradicated. The death counts on those. Little things which could have huge effects in continents like Africa. People are living longer, they're living healthier, they are better educated, and so on. And you go through every metric of life.

There are less insects killing millions of people. A lot of the insects that kill people have been eradicated. The death counts on those. Little things which could have huge effects in continents like Africa. People are living longer, they're living healthier, they are better educated, and so on. And you go through every metric of life.

And actually, I could present a compelling argument to these kids. Why are you so anxious? Compared to every generation that's gone before you, you've never had it so good. And yet saying that is self-defeating because they do feel bad and they do feel anxious. And a lot of it is around phones. I've got no doubt.

And actually, I could present a compelling argument to these kids. Why are you so anxious? Compared to every generation that's gone before you, you've never had it so good. And yet saying that is self-defeating because they do feel bad and they do feel anxious. And a lot of it is around phones. I've got no doubt.

And actually, I could present a compelling argument to these kids. Why are you so anxious? Compared to every generation that's gone before you, you've never had it so good. And yet saying that is self-defeating because they do feel bad and they do feel anxious. And a lot of it is around phones. I've got no doubt.

And we have to, as a responsible generation now of people, we have to understand that, empathize with them, and help them get out of it. And also I think we have to attack head-on the other aspects of the woke mind virus, which is so destructive, the participation prize culture.

And we have to, as a responsible generation now of people, we have to understand that, empathize with them, and help them get out of it. And also I think we have to attack head-on the other aspects of the woke mind virus, which is so destructive, the participation prize culture.

And we have to, as a responsible generation now of people, we have to understand that, empathize with them, and help them get out of it. And also I think we have to attack head-on the other aspects of the woke mind virus, which is so destructive, the participation prize culture.

where little johnny comes last in a race at school and gets given a prize how does that prepare little johnny for the real world because if you come last at work let me tell you you get fired if you do it often enough you don't get a prize your prize is you get given a cap home if you're lucky and that's it um celebrating failure over success being ashamed of being successful and beating your chest because somehow that's something to be frowned upon whereas if you lose somehow you're sort of vaingloriously heroic well when did that start

where little johnny comes last in a race at school and gets given a prize how does that prepare little johnny for the real world because if you come last at work let me tell you you get fired if you do it often enough you don't get a prize your prize is you get given a cap home if you're lucky and that's it um celebrating failure over success being ashamed of being successful and beating your chest because somehow that's something to be frowned upon whereas if you lose somehow you're sort of vaingloriously heroic well when did that start