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Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU and author of The Coddling of the American Mind, The Righteous Mind, and The Happiness Hypothesis. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  Documents & Articles:
  

1. Social Media and Political Dysfunction: A Collaborative Review: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vVAtMCQnz8WVxtSNQev_e1cGmY9rnY96ecYuAj6C548/edit
   
2. Teen Mental Health Testimony: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Haidt%20Testimony.pdf
   
3. The Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
   Books:
   
4. The Coddling of the American Mind (book): https://amzn.to/3MW4HqL
   
5. The Righteous Mind (book): https://amzn.to/3to0tkj
   
6. The Happiness Hypothesis (book): https://amzn.to/3Mb1xP2
   
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (07:57) - Social media and mental health
  (21:45) - Mark Zuckerberg
  (31:23) - Children’s use of social media
  (42:08) - Social media and democracy
  (58:14) - Elon Musk and Twitter
  (1:14:45) - Anonymity on social media
  (1:20:44) - Misinformation
  (1:27:38) - Social media benefits
  (1:30:22) - Political division on social media
  (1:36:54) - Future of social media
  (1:42:46) - Advice for young people

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