What Jonathan Haidt has said about Executive function
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 14, 2026
Jonathan Haidt, American social psychologist, professor at NYU Stern School of Business, and author of The Anxious Generation, has been quoted on Executive function once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on September 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Haidt argues the biggest harm from these technologies is not mental illness but the destruction of attention, focus, and executive function.
“The biggest damage is the destruction of the human ability to pay attention, to focus, and to pursue goals”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: NYU Professor: Do This for 2 Weeks to Get Your Focus, Motivation, & Life Back (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 30:19
Episodes
NYU Professor: Do This for 2 Weeks to Get Your Focus, Motivation, & Life BackThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 14, 2026 · 59 min
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tells Mel Robbins how quick dopamine from phones harms boys and girls differently and how to reclaim attention.
Jonathan Haidt on other topics
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- Social media and adolescent mental health · 5 quotes
- Crisis of boys and young men · 4 quotes
- Quick dopamine and attention · 4 quotes
- The Anxious Generation · 1 quote
- Meta youth mental health litigation · 1 quote
- Instagram · 1 quote