PJ Vogt

It's hard not to notice how the algorithm rewards the teens as they demonstrate more extreme behaviors, how it reinforces their bids for attention, whether or not that attention is even positive. The logic of the system is familiar. Teens being deranged by TikTok and Instagram, like boomers got deranged by Facebook, or Gen Xers and millennials by Twitter. I asked Lauren about this.

It's hard not to notice how the algorithm rewards the teens as they demonstrate more extreme behaviors, how it reinforces their bids for attention, whether or not that attention is even positive. The logic of the system is familiar. Teens being deranged by TikTok and Instagram, like boomers got deranged by Facebook, or Gen Xers and millennials by Twitter. I asked Lauren about this.

I was struck watching it. When you say like, oh, these are teenagers who are making, what are teenage mistakes? I kept watching being astounded because I felt like they were having problems that I associate with fame, but they were just having them as essentially ordinary teenagers.

I was struck watching it. When you say like, oh, these are teenagers who are making, what are teenage mistakes? I kept watching being astounded because I felt like they were having problems that I associate with fame, but they were just having them as essentially ordinary teenagers.

I was struck watching it. When you say like, oh, these are teenagers who are making, what are teenage mistakes? I kept watching being astounded because I felt like they were having problems that I associate with fame, but they were just having them as essentially ordinary teenagers.

The other thing that I really felt was that I felt like mostly what you were trying to do is just capture something true. But if your work was making an argument to me, the argument I felt that I was hearing as the story unfolds is that essentially teenagers are creatures who learn through comparison. The internet is a device that encourages and amplifies comparison.

The other thing that I really felt was that I felt like mostly what you were trying to do is just capture something true. But if your work was making an argument to me, the argument I felt that I was hearing as the story unfolds is that essentially teenagers are creatures who learn through comparison. The internet is a device that encourages and amplifies comparison.

The other thing that I really felt was that I felt like mostly what you were trying to do is just capture something true. But if your work was making an argument to me, the argument I felt that I was hearing as the story unfolds is that essentially teenagers are creatures who learn through comparison. The internet is a device that encourages and amplifies comparison.

And that when you put these two things together, you get something that has a kind of nuclear energy to it. That's exactly right.

And that when you put these two things together, you get something that has a kind of nuclear energy to it. That's exactly right.

And that when you put these two things together, you get something that has a kind of nuclear energy to it. That's exactly right.

It's what's so confusing about teenagers. They're not kids. They're not adults. They can be deeply intelligent. They can shock you with their thoughtfulness. There's a teen in social studies who works at a call center, supporting other teenagers who are having a hard time online. Another is just deeply obsessed with trying to get into a good college. These would-be adults, they're on their paths.

It's what's so confusing about teenagers. They're not kids. They're not adults. They can be deeply intelligent. They can shock you with their thoughtfulness. There's a teen in social studies who works at a call center, supporting other teenagers who are having a hard time online. Another is just deeply obsessed with trying to get into a good college. These would-be adults, they're on their paths.

It's what's so confusing about teenagers. They're not kids. They're not adults. They can be deeply intelligent. They can shock you with their thoughtfulness. There's a teen in social studies who works at a call center, supporting other teenagers who are having a hard time online. Another is just deeply obsessed with trying to get into a good college. These would-be adults, they're on their paths.

It's just that the internet is often steering them in the wrong direction. We're going to take a short break. When we come back, pornography. Welcome back to the show. The second part of Social Studies I wanted to tell you about has to do mostly with teenagers' relationship to pornography and to sexually explicit content online more broadly.

It's just that the internet is often steering them in the wrong direction. We're going to take a short break. When we come back, pornography. Welcome back to the show. The second part of Social Studies I wanted to tell you about has to do mostly with teenagers' relationship to pornography and to sexually explicit content online more broadly.

It's just that the internet is often steering them in the wrong direction. We're going to take a short break. When we come back, pornography. Welcome back to the show. The second part of Social Studies I wanted to tell you about has to do mostly with teenagers' relationship to pornography and to sexually explicit content online more broadly.

Watching Social Studies actually confirmed a suspicion I've had for a while, which is that we just don't talk about porn nearly enough. It's a part of our culture, and culture, we know, shapes our real-life behavior. And every other piece of culture we watch online, whether it's reality TV shows, White Lotus, even individual SNL skits, just gets endlessly dissected, overly dissected.

Watching Social Studies actually confirmed a suspicion I've had for a while, which is that we just don't talk about porn nearly enough. It's a part of our culture, and culture, we know, shapes our real-life behavior. And every other piece of culture we watch online, whether it's reality TV shows, White Lotus, even individual SNL skits, just gets endlessly dissected, overly dissected.

Watching Social Studies actually confirmed a suspicion I've had for a while, which is that we just don't talk about porn nearly enough. It's a part of our culture, and culture, we know, shapes our real-life behavior. And every other piece of culture we watch online, whether it's reality TV shows, White Lotus, even individual SNL skits, just gets endlessly dissected, overly dissected.