Scott Barry Kaufman

It takes cognitive work to be able to perceive that there could be two victims at the same time. Very hard for people to wrap their head around that. And I think that's the only way forward.

It takes cognitive work to be able to perceive that there could be two victims at the same time. Very hard for people to wrap their head around that. And I think that's the only way forward.

Yes, and yes, yes, and yes. I just had a conversation with Jonathan Haidt on my podcast about this. Yes, social media, especially TikTok, really incentivizes a victimhood identity among youth. So there really is a lot of peer pressure. It's no... no surprise that teenagers go through an identity crisis. That's happened since the dawn of teenagerhood.

Yes, and yes, yes, and yes. I just had a conversation with Jonathan Haidt on my podcast about this. Yes, social media, especially TikTok, really incentivizes a victimhood identity among youth. So there really is a lot of peer pressure. It's no... no surprise that teenagers go through an identity crisis. That's happened since the dawn of teenagerhood.

Yes, and yes, yes, and yes. I just had a conversation with Jonathan Haidt on my podcast about this. Yes, social media, especially TikTok, really incentivizes a victimhood identity among youth. So there really is a lot of peer pressure. It's no... no surprise that teenagers go through an identity crisis. That's happened since the dawn of teenagerhood.

But now teenagers are hitching their identity as much as possible on some sort of marginalized identity because they know that's the only way they can belong. That's the only way they can feel like they're included.

But now teenagers are hitching their identity as much as possible on some sort of marginalized identity because they know that's the only way they can belong. That's the only way they can feel like they're included.

But now teenagers are hitching their identity as much as possible on some sort of marginalized identity because they know that's the only way they can belong. That's the only way they can feel like they're included.

Well, this is the million-dollar question. You'd get the Nobel Prize if you figured out exactly what was happening. But there seems to have been a cultural shift among youth where – and Jean Twenge has done a great analysis of this in her book Generations – Prior generation, high self-esteem and grandiose narcissism was the major form of entitlement, which is we're the best.

Well, this is the million-dollar question. You'd get the Nobel Prize if you figured out exactly what was happening. But there seems to have been a cultural shift among youth where – and Jean Twenge has done a great analysis of this in her book Generations – Prior generation, high self-esteem and grandiose narcissism was the major form of entitlement, which is we're the best.

Well, this is the million-dollar question. You'd get the Nobel Prize if you figured out exactly what was happening. But there seems to have been a cultural shift among youth where – and Jean Twenge has done a great analysis of this in her book Generations – Prior generation, high self-esteem and grandiose narcissism was the major form of entitlement, which is we're the best.

We're the best generation and they're proud and happy about being superior. But now the entitlement, you get special privileges for saying you've suffered and So it has become a vulnerable form of entitlement that is being incentivized more than prior generations. It's an interesting question. I think a social media must play some role in that.

We're the best generation and they're proud and happy about being superior. But now the entitlement, you get special privileges for saying you've suffered and So it has become a vulnerable form of entitlement that is being incentivized more than prior generations. It's an interesting question. I think a social media must play some role in that.

We're the best generation and they're proud and happy about being superior. But now the entitlement, you get special privileges for saying you've suffered and So it has become a vulnerable form of entitlement that is being incentivized more than prior generations. It's an interesting question. I think a social media must play some role in that.

There's some sort of feedback mechanism where that seems to be what gets more attention and gets more likes. I mean, when we deal with the attention economy, like we're doing with social media, you start to see certain things start to get magnified and certain things start to compound.

There's some sort of feedback mechanism where that seems to be what gets more attention and gets more likes. I mean, when we deal with the attention economy, like we're doing with social media, you start to see certain things start to get magnified and certain things start to compound.

There's some sort of feedback mechanism where that seems to be what gets more attention and gets more likes. I mean, when we deal with the attention economy, like we're doing with social media, you start to see certain things start to get magnified and certain things start to compound.

that maybe we didn't even that weren't as prominent in the past but you just don't get as many likes if you're not being polarizing and if you're not talking about some sort of victimhood I remember I think it's in the happiness hypothesis that

that maybe we didn't even that weren't as prominent in the past but you just don't get as many likes if you're not being polarizing and if you're not talking about some sort of victimhood I remember I think it's in the happiness hypothesis that

that maybe we didn't even that weren't as prominent in the past but you just don't get as many likes if you're not being polarizing and if you're not talking about some sort of victimhood I remember I think it's in the happiness hypothesis that