John. Its good to be with you today. Im so looking forward to this conversation. Were here to talk about your new book, the anxious generation. I care a lot about adolescence. Im a social scientist, so i brought that lens to reading this book. I want understand whats going on. Im also a mom, so i really want reasons to be hopeful. So those are some of the perspectives i had in reading the book. Im curious what lenses you brought to writing it so im im also a social scientist. Im also a professor. Im also a father i have my my children are i have a son 17 and a daughter 14. And i said, you know, my own research is on the psychology of morality. I looked at how morality helps us understand the political divide. I have looked a lot at what social media is doing to democracy. I didnt set out to write a book on kids because thats not my expertise. Although have studied a lot of developmental psychology, i set out to write a book on what social media is doing to our country and how its makin
Brought that lens to reading this book. I want understand whats going on. Im also a mom, so i really want reasons to be hopeful. So those are some of the perspectives i had in reading the book. Im curious what lenses you brought to writing it so im im also a social scientist. Im also a professor. Im also a father i have my my children are i have a son 17 and a daughter 14. And i said, you know, my own research is on the psychology of morality. I looked at how morality helps us understand the political divide. I have looked a lot at what social media is doing to democracy. I didnt set out to write a book on kids because thats not my expertise. Although have studied a lot of developmental psychology, i set out to write a book on what social media is doing to our country and how its making it difficult to have reasonable politics. And i thought id the first chapter off with, well, what happened to teens when they move their social lives onto onto a onto smartphones and social media in 201
New book, the anxious generation. I care a lot about adolescence. Im a social scientist, so i brought that lens to reading this book. I want understand whats going on. Im also a mom, so i really want reasons to be hopeful. So those are some of the perspectives i had in reading the book. Im curious what lenses you brought to writing it so im im also a social scientist. Im also a professor. Im also a father i have my my children are i have a son 17 and a daughter 14. And i said, you know, my own research is on the psychology of morality. I looked at how morality helps us understand the political divide. I have looked a lot at what social media is doing to democracy. I didnt set out to write a book on kids because thats not my expertise. Although have studied a lot of developmental psychology, i set out to write a book on what social media is doing to our country and how its making it difficult to have reasonable politics. And i thought id the first chapter off with, well, what happened t
Dramatic consequences. Everyone is more than aware of that. But thats not stopping a number of young people from demonstrating against corruption and government policies. A striking number of kremlin critics have died mysteriously in recent years. Who o commissioned the killing . In 2006, a alexander litvinenkoa fierce critic of putin, was poisoned with radioactive polonium. The same year, anna politkovskaya, a journalist who famously denounceded russisias chechnya policies, was shot dead. In 2013, boris beresowski, declared the number one enemy of the state by putin, died in exile in britain under unexplained circumstances. And in 2015, one of the governments most prominent opponents, boris nemzov, was shot in moscow. Those who protest openly learn e severityty of the lalaw firt hand. This is gulag country. Rubtsovsk in siberia. 5000 prisoners are held here in this penal colony. For days, anastasia has been waiting in the icy cold for her husband, ildldar dadin, to be released. His co
And government policies. A striking number of kremlin critics have died mysteriously in recent years. Who commissioned the killings . In 2006, alexander litvinenko, a fierce critic of putin, was poisoned with radioactive polonium. The same year, anna politkovskaya, a journalist who famously denounced russias chechnya policies, was shot dead. In 2013, boris beresowski, declared the number one enemy of the state by putin, died in exile in britain under unexplained circumstances. And in 2015, one of the governments most prominent opponents, boris nemzov, was shot in moscow. Those who protest openly learn the severity of the law first hand. This is gulag country. Rubtsovsk in siberia. 5000 prisoners are held here in this penal colony. For days, anastasia has been waiting in the icy cold for her husband, ildar dadin, to be released. His conviction has been overturned. In letters, he described how he was tortured in prison. The director of the penal colony and three men came and beat me up,