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Negative. And she was horrified. She goes, can you imagine a world where the kid would turn to the robot and call it daddy and mummy? Because the kid wouldn't really know the difference. And I sat here with a child psychotherapist, psychologist, who said that in those first three years, it's so critical for the primary caregiver to be around.

and that the man and the woman caused the baby to release different types of hormones based on their gender. Yeah. So you almost can't... All that's true, but here's the thing.

and that the man and the woman caused the baby to release different types of hormones based on their gender. Yeah. So you almost can't... All that's true, but here's the thing.

Because the parent releases certain hormones in the child. by their touch, the oxytocin. Robots don't release oxytocin. Not yet.

Because the parent releases certain hormones in the child. by their touch, the oxytocin. Robots don't release oxytocin. Not yet.

It's a strange future to think about because it feels also like a slippery slope where we might start having kids and then giving them completely robot parents.

It's a strange future to think about because it feels also like a slippery slope where we might start having kids and then giving them completely robot parents.

So you've just had a baby, right?

So you've just had a baby, right?

One and a half year old. Would you allow a robot to – I love the nannies I have.

One and a half year old. Would you allow a robot to – I love the nannies I have.

Hmm. And in marriage, this graph that I saw in your book shows that the percentage of Americans who are very happy or not too happy as a function of marital status quite clearly shows that if you want to be happy, you should be married. And if you want to be not too happy, you should be separated.

Hmm. And in marriage, this graph that I saw in your book shows that the percentage of Americans who are very happy or not too happy as a function of marital status quite clearly shows that if you want to be happy, you should be married. And if you want to be not too happy, you should be separated.

So it's the individualism that's causing their unhappiness, that's causing them not to marry. Yep, that's what I believe. And people that are less individualistic are getting married, and that's why.

So it's the individualism that's causing their unhappiness, that's causing them not to marry. Yep, that's what I believe. And people that are less individualistic are getting married, and that's why.

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