632: Smartphones & Spiritual Formation with Jonathan Haidt
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2024
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
As we start a new academic year, school districts throughout the country are increasingly banning smartphones. No one is more responsible for this trend than Dr. Jonathan Haidt. He talks to Skye about his latest book, “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” and how smartphones are also interfering with our spiritual lives, and what Christian communities can do about it. Also this week—Donald Trump has completely abandoned the pro-life movement, sending some conservative evangelicals into a political crisis. Chick-Fil-A is launching its own streaming network, but will you be able to watch content on Sundays? And scientists discover Phil’s new favorite deep sea worm.
0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Show Starts
5:08 - Theme Song
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8:06 - News of the Butt - The Pigbutt Worm
16:40 - Chick-Fil-A’s Streaming Service
22:55 - How Pro-Life Groups Are Responding to Trump Dropping Pro-Life Platform
26:12 - Are the Democrats and Republicans Telling the Same Story About the World?
35:46 - Does the Lack of a Pro-Life Candidate Mean Conversations About Other Issues?
43:47 - Not Into Pep Rallies
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48:05 - Interview
50:21 - Responses to The Anxious Generation
55:29 - The Collective Action Problem
1:04:08 - Why the Partial Phone Ban in Schools Doesn’t Work
1:10:45 - How the Medium of Phones Create Loneliness
1:19:58 - How Religion Combats the Negative Effect of Phones
1:24:34 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in the News Segment:
Pigbutt Worm:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaetopterus_pugaporcinus
Chick-Fil-A Hatches a Streaming Service:
https://deadline.com/2024/08/chick-fil-a-hatches-streaming-service-1236044196/
Other resources:
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness: https://a.co/d/55eg7t5
The Anxious Generation: anxiousgeneration.com
On The Degrading Effects of Life Online: https://www.afterbabel.com/p/degrading-effects-of-life-online
After Babel: afterbabel.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. |
| 0:02.0 | As we start a new academic year, school districts throughout the country are deciding to ban smartphones |
| 0:08.0 | and no one is more responsible for this than our guest Dr. Jonathan Heite. |
| 0:12.0 | He talks to me today about his latest book, |
| 0:14.6 | The Anxious Generation, |
| 0:16.2 | how the great rewiring of childhood |
| 0:18.5 | is causing an epidemic of mental illness. |
| 0:21.4 | We also talk about how smartphones are interfering with our |
| 0:24.0 | spiritual lives and what Christian communities can do about it. Also this week |
| 0:28.5 | Donald Trump has completely abandoned the pro-life movement, sending some conservative evangelicals into a political |
| 0:35.1 | crisis. Chick-fala is launching its own streaming network, but will you be able to watch |
| 0:40.2 | content on Sundays? And scientists discover Phil's new favorite |
| 0:44.3 | deep sea worm. Two quick reminders before we get started. First be sure to check out |
| 0:49.6 | the Holy Post events we have scheduled around the country this fall. |
| 0:53.0 | Hopefully you can join us for at least one and meet other holy posters in your area. |
| 0:58.0 | Tickets are available at holy post.com slash events. |
| 1:02.0 | And second, I'm happy to announce that a version of my show, The SkyPOD, which has been |
| 1:06.8 | exclusively for Holy Post Plus subscribers since January, is going to be made available |
| 1:11.5 | for everyone starting this Friday, August 30th. |
| 1:15.0 | We're launching edited versions of the entire archive of SkyPod episodes for free |
| 1:20.0 | so everyone can listen and share with their friends. |
| 1:22.0 | However, the full length unedited |
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