Episode Transcript: #2121 - Jonathan Haidt
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Good to see you again, Joe.
The same problems that you talked about when you were here last that I've referenced many times since on the podcast have only exacerbated, unfortunately.
And that's why you wrote this, The Anxious Generation.
And it could not be more true how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.
I don't think anybody can dispute that.
Yeah, when I was on last time there was a dispute.
There were some psychologists who said, oh, this is just a moral panic.
They said this about video games and comic books and, you know, I think, you know, this is not a real thing, they said.
Now they don't.
Yeah, I think it was pretty obvious.
I think it was only their preconceived notions that were keeping them from admitting it before or at least looking at it before.
Or maybe they don't have children.
You know, it could be that.
I think a lot of older people, particularly boomers, they're a little bit disconnected from them because they're not, unless they're addicted to Twitter.
You know, they're not engaging in this stuff.
Yeah, and they're often thinking, you know, when I was a kid we watched too much TV and we turned out okay.