The official age for social media use in the U.S. is 13, but it's not enforced and girls are now normal at 10 or 11. Jonathan: "If they go through puberty on this, it warps ... their thinking about others" He says parents need to put pressure on schools to give a consistent message that kids can't have phone access during the day.
Kara and Scott dissect what the FTX meltdown means for cryptocurrency, Meta's layoffs, and how the midterms might impact big tech. Friend of Pivot Jonathan Haidt stops by to talk about the impacts of social media on teens and society. And hours after our regular taping, we dragged Scott out of a fancy London bar to record an updated reaction to the latest Twitter news: Elon Musk was warning of a possible Twitter bankruptcy, while top executives were jumping ship.
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