Author of the #1 international bestseller THE THIRD DOOR: THE MINDSET OF SUCCESS • Youngest bestselling business author in American history • Keynote speaker
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"Even under the best circumstances, the transition to this new AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history," Bill Gates writes in a new, 12-page essay. on.wsj.com/4gTfp2M
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Meta's $16.7B settlement is the largest accountability moment in social media history for child safety, and the 47 AGs who drove it deserve tremendous credit. Restricted notifications and time limits are good, and it is historic that the AGs have gotten design changes.
But the settlement leaves untouched many of the features that harm kids. For example, the algorithm. Meta's AI-powered recommendation engine is still running, engineered to maximize young people’s engagement even with content that harms them.
It was established in the previous court case (and in Meta’s own research) that Meta's design harms children. The work ahead is to make them change that design — not just how long kids can access Instagram's harmful design, and not just on an opt-in basis. This is a great step. Let's all work together to make sure it's not the last.
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It’s my most favorite book of all time!
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Phone free schools cause
--increased laughter in hallways
--very loud lunchrooms
--increases in books checked out of school library
One year into cell phone bans, Dallas schools see 24% increase in library book checkouts.
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"Public school districts in Texas are almost one school year into the first statewide cellphone ban, and a North Texas school district is seeing positive impacts.
Dallas ISD officials said that, district-wide, they have seen a significant increase in library book checkouts, which they largely attribute to students no longer having cellphones with them during the school day.
"I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."
From the first day of school to March 31, 2026, the district reported an increase of more than 200,000 additional books checked out compared to the previous year.
A look at the library checkouts for the previous year:
2025-2026 Total Circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2026) – 1,084,837
2024-2025 Total circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2025) – 872,430
Total library book checkout increase: 24.35%
At Dallas ISD's Hillcrest High, students are following this trend.
Canales said there were roughly 500 books checked out in the first nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year. This school year, that number spiked to about 1,800 books.
"That floored me," Canales said. "I had to re-do the report again because I was like, 'What, are you kidding me?'"
Students felt the impact too.
"Now that I'm busy with a bunch of work and college, I don't find myself missing my phone that much, even at home," said Yamilet Jimenez, 9th grader."
By @laceybeasnews.
@JonHaidt @safe_screens
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You would not believe the quotations we have from inside TikTok. They know what they are doing to children including the addiction ("compulsive use") and attention fragmentation. You've got to read the quotations yourself:
afterbabel.com/p/industrial-…
WOW: @JonHaidt got info from inside TikTok admitting how they target kids:
"The product in itself has baked into it compulsive use... younger users... are particularly sensitive to reinforcement in the form of social reward and have minimal ability to self-regulate effectively"
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Bestselling author @AlexBanayan kicked off the conference with insights from his book The Third Door in the #DBIACon opening keynote! A renowned keynote speaker he shared strategies that have cemented his reputation as an expert in high-performance and personal development.
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Quincy Jones, who distinguished himself over the course of a 70-year career in music as an artist, bandleader, composer, arranger and producer, has died. He was 91.
Read more about his life and legacy here: bit.ly/4fnvP00
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the best way to get good at something is usually to just practice actually doing the thing in question.
a lot of very capable people outsmart themselves with complex plans that involve working a lot on fake prerequisites.
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Today we honor the memory of all those we lost on September 11, 2001. May we never forget their stories – and the bravery of our first responders and troops who sacrificed so much.
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I’m glad to see support growing for sensible rules to mitigate the damaging effects of social media on kids’ mental health. nytimes.com/2024/06/17/healt…
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Breaking News: The U.S. surgeon general called for a warning label on social media platforms that says they may damage adolescents’ mental health. nyti.ms/4cqwWKv
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The US Surgeon General wants warning labels like those on cigarettes to be placed on social media apps, citing the mental health crisis among teens
cnn.it/3VIwsds
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Social media has become an important contributor to our #YouthMentalHealth crisis. We are in the middle of an emergency, and it’s essential that Congress act with speed and urgency. The health and well-being of our kids is at stake. Read more: nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opini… 2/2
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The horrific acts of Antisemitism this week – including a demonstration celebrating the 10/7 attack, vandalism targeting Jewish homes, attacks on Jewish faculty at college campuses, and harassment of subway riders – are abhorrent.
Antisemitism doesn't just threaten Jewish Americans. It threatens all Americans, and our fundamental democratic values.
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I love this letter CS Lewis sent to a young writer, especially this line:
"Much of my best work, or what I think is my best, is the rewriting of things begun years earlier."
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My perception of what is possible in life was altered by reading this book.
The process of absorbing this kind of awareness may take some time.
Thank you @AlexBanayan ✨
