本期节目解码了AI爱好者和知名播客主持人Lex Fridman，以及他的访谈嘉宾，社会心理学家Jonathan Haidt。节目选取了Lex的“一天生活”视频和与Haidt讨论社交媒体的访谈。视频展现了Lex的科技僧侣生活方式和对纳粹的深入研究。访谈则探讨了社交媒体带来的复杂问题，包括Haidt对“觉醒文化”和社交媒体的批评。

👨‍💻 Lex Fridman是一位AI爱好者和知名播客主持人，节目选取了他的“一天生活”视频和与社会心理学家Jonathan Haidt讨论社交媒体的访谈。

🗣️ Jonathan Haidt是一位著名的社会心理学家，他因其对“觉醒文化”和社交媒体的批评而备受争议。他与人合著了《美国心灵的驯化》一书，并创立了“异端学院”。

🤔 Haidt认为社交媒体对年轻人造成了一系列负面影响，包括过度焦虑、抑郁、缺乏同情心等。他还批评了“觉醒文化”的过度政治正确和对言论自由的压制。

🧐 本节目深入探讨了Haidt的观点，并试图分析他是否是一位提供预警的社会科学家，还是一位对现代社会感到失望的老人。

🧐 除了Haidt的观点，节目还引用了其他研究结果，例如Orben和Przybylski的研究表明，青少年使用数字技术与他们的幸福感之间存在负相关关系。

🧐 虽然Haidt的观点引发了争议，但他的观点也引发了人们对社交媒体和“觉醒文化”的反思。

🧐 本节目为我们提供了一个理解科技与社会之间复杂关系的视角，并鼓励我们批判性地思考科技发展带来的挑战和机遇。

First, we apologise sincerely for the delayed-release. Matt and Chris have been busy beavers splicing together this decoding which proved particular gruelling for all sorts of uninteresting (but on-theme) technical reasons.

But finally, the wait is over and the long-anticipated episode on AI-aficionado and popular podcast host, Lex Fridman, is here. Although as the title indicates this accidentally turned into a joint decoding episode of his guest, the 'heterodox' social psychologist, Jonathan Haidt.

Lex is an interesting character and as such, for the decoding, two rather different pieces of content were selected: 1) a day-in-the-life video dairy and 2) one of his characteristic long-form interviews (with Haidt discussing social media). The format of a day-in-the-life video is perhaps inescapably cringey but it did give some unique insight into Lex's techno-monk lifestyle and his ongoing fascination/discovery of just how bad the Nazis & Hitler were. His interview with Haidt on the other hand was more substantial and covers a lot of tech-related issues that are genuinely complex and subject to an ongoing debate.

Jonathan Haidt is a famous and well-regarded academic but also something of a controversial figure online in part because of his involvement in the dreaded 'culture wars'. In particular, Haidt co-wrote the influential book 'The Codding of the American Mind', founded 'Heterodox Academy', and is a vocal critic of 'wokism' and certain aspects of social media. We take a look at his arguments and try to discern whether he is a nuanced social scientist offering prescient warnings or a boomer shaking his fist at the kids these days?

Join us and find out!

Links

A Day in My Life - Lex FridmanJonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #291Two Psychologists, Four Beers: Episode 89: What's Wrong with Social Media?Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - The AtlanticOrben & Przybylski (2019): The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology useResponse from Twenge, Haidt, Joiner, & Campbell (2020)Response to the Response by Orben & Przybylski (2020)Haidt, J., & Bentov, Y. (ongoing). Free play and mental health: A collaborative review. Google Doc.Chris' Tweet review of The Coddling of the American Mind