Best Of: Jonathan Haidt on What Social Media Is Doing to Our Kids
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I'm Rufus Griskam and this is the next big idea. Today. The kids are not all right. Jonathan Haidt's new book, The Anxious Generation, begins with a metaphor. Imagine that a visionary billionaire invites your daughter, a bright and cheerful ten year old
To join the first human settlement on Mars. Your daughter begs you to let her go. She loves outer space. All her friends will be there. And you don't wanna quasher dreams, so you agree to learn more. Here's what you find.
She's been recruited. Because children adapt better to the unusual conditions of Mars. If she grows up and goes through puberty on the red planet. Her body will be permanently altered by the low gravity environment. As a result, your daughter may never be able to return to Earth.
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