1941
Haidt says the attack on Pearl Harbor did more to unify Americans than any other event in modern history.
“Pearl Harbor did more for American co coherence than anything else in history in modern history.”
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Jonathan Haidt
17 facts from 3 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
1970s
Haidt cites a study of Japanese business families in California in the 1970s, which he uses to suggest that early to mid-puberty is a sensitive period for learning a culture and identity.
“of of Japanese businessmen who moved to California in the 70s as Ja- Japanese business were thriving.”
1997
Haidt says 37% of American high school students smoked in 1997, the peak year, which he contrasts with the near-universal reach of social media.
“in the peak year of smoking was 1997, 37% of American high school students smoked, two-thirds didn't.”
1998
Haidt says the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act was supposed to set the age at 16 but ended up at 13 with no enforcement.
“It was supposed to set the age to 16, which is not which is, I think, pretty reasonable, but it got pushed down to 13 with no enforcement.”
2007
Jonathan Haidt says the iPhone came out in 2007 but that most American teenagers still used flip phones in early 2010.
“The iPhone came out in 2007, um, but they don't mostly have them.”
2012
Haidt says US survey data on girls' anxiety, depression and self-harm stayed flat until about 2012 and then rose sharply.
“So the lines are pre pretty flat until around 2012, and then all of a sudden, the lines for girls go up like a hockey stick.”
2015
Haidt says that by 2015 most Americans, and almost all teenagers, had a smartphone with a front-facing camera.
“By 2015, the great majority of Americans, and certainly teens, have a smartphone with a front-facing camera.”
2015
Haidt says Instagram was the first major social media platform that required a smartphone, whereas earlier platforms were web-based.
“The girls are mostly on Instagram, which was the first social media platform that you had to be on a smartphone for.”
2024
Haidt cites Pew and Gallup data showing American young people spend about five hours a day on social media.
“young people in America are now spending about five hours a day just on social media, just social media.”
Undated
Haidt says FBI statistics show only about 100 to 150 true stranger kidnappings a year in the United States.
“I found according to FBI statistics, there's only about a hundred to 150 true kidnappings a year in our whole country.”
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Haidt says Simon Baron-Cohen's autism research indicates prenatal testosterone shapes the brain and shifts people from empathizing toward systemizing.
“Baron Cohen's work on autism shows that, um, uh, you know, be because of prenatal effects, prenatal testosterone changing the body, changing the brain.”
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Haidt says he teaches in a business school and an undergraduate flourishing course at New York University.
“I teach in a business school, and there's a huge amount of writing on leadership.”
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Haidt recommends that schools lock students' phones away for the day, for example in Yondr pouches.
“You have to lock up the phone in the morning, either in a lock in a phone lock or a Yondr pouch.”
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Haidt says the Let Grow organization helped pass laws in eight US states saying that letting a child play outside is not evidence of neglect.
“we've gotten laws passed in 8 states that say that if you let your child out to play, that cannot be taken as evidence of child neglect”
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Haidt says the evidence shows team sports and religion are protective for young people's mental health.
“The other thing that the evidence shows is that team sports and religion, those two things are very, very protective.”
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Andrew Huberman says Luigi Mangione's last tweet was a podcast cover from Huberman's episode with Jonathan Haidt.
“This Luigi Mangione's last tweet was a podcast cover of of my episode with Jonathan Haidt”
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Kisin relayed that psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who is not religious, describes religion as a social technology for group cohesion.
“It's a social technology for achieving cohesion within a group and for giving people, and, you know, on a personal level as well.”
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