Hard Fork

Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse

January 16, 2026·1h 14m·4-min readconversationaltechnology
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The Hard Fork podcast returns with Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, to discuss new research reinforcing his argument that social media harms teens, followed by listener experiments with Claude Code and a deep dive into the Forkiverse, their Fediverse experiment.


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Jonathan Haidt

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

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Jonathan Haidtby Jonathan HaidtPJ Vogt

Books

The Anxious Generationby Jonathan Haidt

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Anthropic

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Claude CodeForkiverse

Research & Papers

Mountains of Evidence

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurityFuture Of WorkMental HealthTech Industry

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