“Causing All This Self Harm and Disdain” – Father of 3 Daughters, Joe Rogan Raises His Concern Over the Impact of Social Media on Children

Published 01/04/2024, 1:47 AM EST

Joe Rogan is one of the most popular podcasters in the world. But before anything else, he is a father of three daughters. And the world we live in right now is outright dangerous for children everywhere. Especially on their screens. Rogan was hence, rightfully concerned about something.

In a recent edition of The Joe Rogan Experience, the UFC color commentator and podcaster sat down with a neuroscientist to talk about the way the future is being shaped in terms of how people view themselves. Things like AI and social media are beyond rampant now. How does this affect children? Here’s Rogan’s take.

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Joe Rogan on social media’s impact on kids

Anyone who’s ever been on the internet will tell you one thing. It’s no place for children. Not really. The world is shown in ways that are often completely fabricated and that’s exactly what worries Rogan. He sat down with Dr. Debra Soh to speak about the issues children face.

“It’s also what’s going on with young kids,” Rogan stated as the two discussed people comparing themselves to others. “They’re comparing themselves to people that are using filters and thinning their waist and widening their hips and doing all these things with apps that are not representative of most biological human beings, and you know that’s what Jonathan Haidt talked about that it’s causing all this self harm and disdain it’s like it’s it’s a weird place we’re in that’s never been really traversed before with human society as far as we know.”

The podcaster was right on the money with that one. He cited a former guest and famous psychologist Jonathan Haidt who has extensively spoken and written about the way people are affected by social media and other evils. Haidt and Rogan also discussed how the use of it should be rather limited for younger kids.

Things do get scary when harm is involved. Rogan has always been a great advocate of avoiding the fake things often bolstered by social media websites. While he does enjoy the entertainment it can provide, it’s no place to go for self-reflection. In fact, he’s talked about it to many guests before. Here’s another instance.

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On episode #1649 of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan sat down with health and fitness expert and journalist Michael Easter. The two discussed the negative pull of social media and how it’s devastating in the way that it can pull people apart. Rogan spoke about how the book called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield helps writers get out of these situations.

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He noted that Pressfield asked his audience to “summon the muse” and then show up to work every day and keep doing it. The book is meant for writers of course but to do the same activity again and again can be boring. And that’s where social media dives in for the save but it’s just hindering a more worthy activity.

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Rogan pointed out that being able to bear with the discomfort of boredom is exactly what we need to do now. Do you think he’s made a good point? Let us know in the comments.

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I'm Prit Chauhan, and I'm a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. I've been in the writing business for three years, covering areas like mass media marketing, and even tried my hand at fiction. My experience includes research work at the University of California, Berkeley, which helps me spin fact-based stories about the world of Mixed Martial Arts effortlessly.

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“Causing All This Self Harm and Disdain” – Father of 3 Daughters, Joe Rogan Raises His Concern Over the Impact of Social Media on Children

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