Richard Reeves

That's just the way it is.

And they understand the algorithm in a way that, frankly, I still don't.

I needed my sons for a long time to say, Dad, that's the algorithm doing that.

How does it work again?

What's the algorithm?

And they play with their algorithms, right?

So the digital natives, they live online.

Now, that doesn't mean they only live online, but it means that...

Their online and offline lives don't have this clear, bright line between them in a way that I think, for those of us who are much older, makes sense to us.

I have a boys and men online program at my institute, and that makes a lot of sense to us.

when they play with their friends online and they see them later and it's just it's a much more blurry line for them what do we we have to be really clear so it's somebody's like we can't just worry about the online world that's just like worrying about the world what are we worried about sports betting is a huge problem for young men and it's a great example of a gendered problem because it's much more true for men because men

We could get into this, but they are more risk-taking, especially at that young age.

And it's partly about frontal cortex development, but it's just true.

One of the most reliably found sex differences is in risk-taking.

And so, ta-da, sports betting, casino in your pocket, disaster for young men.

Disaster.

And we're doing a lot of work with policymakers on that.

That's a huge problem.

Some of the others, it's just a little bit less clear with gaming, pornography, et cetera.

I think if I'm – as I think about this as a parent myself and –