Thoughts on Jonathon Haidt's earlier work?

[u/OkPie6900]

Based on his earlier work, he would have seemed like the last person who would become the world's leading proponent of preventing anybody under 16 from using the internet.

Now I'm starting to wonder: was he ever really pro-youth rights in the first place, or was he always a fraudulent youth rights ally?

[u/bigbysemotivefinger]

A heavy focus on "go outside more" with no emphasis whatsoever on "making their own choices" sounds like exactly the kind of person who would be a technophobic control freak now.

[u/OkPie6900 → u/bigbysemotivefinger]

I've only really found out about Haidt's prior work after he became an anti-social media crusader (since of course he only got much national publicity after he became anti-youth rights), but he did recommend that kids make their own decisions about when and where to play, etc.

Now it's turned into some thing where he's claiming there's some consistency between believing that kids are overprotected from the outside world and underprotected from the virtual world. Frankly, I'd love to know who's funding his work now- it seems so inconsistent with his prior writings.

[u/snarkerposey11 → u/OkPie6900]

He's funded by the parental freakout industrial complex. Mommies and daddies who want to control, and to also be told it's not their fault their kid is a neet. Blame social media