How Modern Life Is Making Us Less Happy - Jonathan Haidt

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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00:00 The Uniqueness of the New Generation
01:10 What Does a Good Childhood Look Like?
07:06 Changes in Parenting Styles
10:59 Lack of Discipline in Modern Parenting
15:16 The Importance of Risk in Play
20:47 Is the Education System Ruining Kids?
27:16 The Problem With Ideological Academia
30:45 Latest Data on Social Media’s Impact
38:47 Primary Harms of Technology on Kids
46:12 Is Social Media Use Addiction or Compulsion?
49:48 How Boys & Girls Use Technology Differently
56:46 The Male Sedation Hypothesis
1:02:37 Are Gen-Z Bothered About Status?
1:12:34 Latest Data on Female Mental Health
1:17:31 Why is Anxiety the Most Prevalent Feeling?
1:21:11 How We Solve the Teen Mental Health Crisis
1:28:04 Where to Find Jonathan

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