#766 - Jonathan Haidt - The Hidden Dangers Of Social Media On Mental Health

Jonathan Haidt is a Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, social psychologist, and an author.

The kids are not alright. Mental health is plummeting while anxiety and depression is on the rise. Just what are the contributing elements? Is it social media? Helicopter parenting? 24 hour news? Or something else?

Expect to learn why every generation complains about the next one, what is so important about the development of kids between 8 and 12 years old, what the biggest problem is with test scores in primary school children, the real harm of technology on kids, why words like ‘trigger’ and ‘fragility’ are such a problem, if there is a way to do identity politics well and much more...

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