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Jonathan Haidt on the ‘National Crisis’ of Gen Z
- xqcgrek2 4y agohttps://archive.ph/rZ7LA https://archive.ph/rZ7LA
- 082349872349872 4y agoI have my own reservations about social media, but occam's razor suggests a simpler interpretation in this case: Haidt used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what Haidt is with isn’t it anymore and what’s it seems weird and scary. As with Bernie Marcus, does Jonathan Haidt not understand that alternately insulting and patronising Gen Z is unlikely to garner their support, neither at the polls nor elsewhere?
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoI'd go with the other appropriate Simpsons quote: > Am I out of touch? > No, it's the children who are wrong!
- RGamma 4y agoAnd who caused it? Us millenials commercializing things that ought not be commercialized; connecting the pockets of sociopaths to the pockets of the companies that suck this planet dry. This road to depravity is paved with advertising dollars...
- 082349872349872 4y agoif you would prefer to laugh than cry about advertising dollars, try some escapist fiction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34194936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34194936