Jonathan Haidt
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Jonathan Haidt is a prominent social psychologist and author known for his insights into the effects of technology on society. This interview reveals his leadership in advocating for a thoughtful approach to the challenges posed by social media and its impact on the younger generation.
“See a sign on campus of a pendulum swinging back. I think it will happen eventually. The complex dynamical system is much more conducive to a kind of a crazy ideological thing divorced from reality on campus.”
“So that means something can be true relative to humans, to who we are. So if intelligent aliens come to our solar system, they will find that the Earth is the third planet from the Sun. And that was true before we exist, and it'll be true long after we're gone.”
“That just as an individual practice to just set my priorities and reflect on my day and what I'm doing. And minimally Jewish in the sense of like, so my wife is Korean American, but she was very happy to have us raise our kids with some Jewish identity. My son had a bar mitzvah. And so, you know, we go to synagogue on the high holy days.”
“And then someone else can say to that commenter, no, you are a fascist. And then before you know, you've got people fighting in the comments. So it's like those scenes in a barroom brawl. You've got two people having a face off, and suddenly everyone's breaking bottles in everyone's heads. That, I believe, is what happened in 2014-2015.”
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