Maria Petrova

grateful Bulgarian immigrant | copy editor, writer | team @profgalloway | future understander of futures

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Deescalating conflict is one of the crucial skills of our age

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[New York Post @nypost]

CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report https://t.co/9TOb1jnX68

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@FreeRangeKids 💯

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@Israellycool @GwynethPaltrow 👏🏼

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@MakingSenseHQ 💯💯💯

[Making Sense Podcast @MakingSenseHQ]

“You don’t have to debate the history of the Middle East to resolve the conflict there.” Sam Harris on why he believes the real issue isn’t ancient grievance, but present-day values, intentions, and ideology.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

In humanity's eternal quest for pleasure, companies found ways to monetize addiction. Historian David Courtwright called it "Limbic Capitalism" in his magnificent book "The Age of Addiction."
We give you the chapter on digital addictions, at After Babel:
https://t.co/GzjPiDjsoc

[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

WATCH: “We made an enormous mistake allowing the ed tech industry to come in and give every kid a computer, a tablet, an iPad, a Chromebook… and the results are devastating and we need to stop.” @JonHaidt via @andersoncooper @AC360

[Peter Savodnik @petersavodnik]

"Woke" obscures the deeper phenomenon, which stretches back 3-4 decades -- during which time the university, once a pillar of American society, has become estranged from it. There are many reasons for that -- cultural, economic, political -- and the campus is mostly to blame.

[Hugh Grant @HackedOffHugh]

In my opinion, this is the most important Ted Talk of the last years. At least for parents. https://t.co/1W5dIyi3xx

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Here is the video and transcript of my recent TED talk where I lay out the 3 principles of technoskepticism, and why it is so important to keep social media, artificial relationships, and 1:1 devices (a computer on every desk) away from kids:

https://t.co/SK2SjTak2d

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

This is what strong chatbot policy looks like. This bill says “a company can't do X" unless they know someone is an adult. And X includes a wide array of behaviors that lead to relationships with bots - including inappropriate sexual conversations.

Chatbots should help us get things done - not be our friends. Looking forward to NY continuing to lead the nation in protecting kids, @GovKathyHochul. Thanks to @SenGonzalezNY and @AlexBores!

[Anderson Cooper 360° @AC360]

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of "The Anxious Generation," shares why he's encouraging more techno-skepticism and warns of the detrimental impact technology can have on kids.

[Maria Petrova @_MariaPetrova]

@SenGonzalezNY Thank you!!!!

[Tom Goodwin @tomfgoodwin]

One can reasonably imagine that in 2027 you will spend a lot of time proving
- That you are a person
- That you are you.
A lot of the internet is gonna grind to a bit of a halt

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@freyaindiaa @washingtonpost 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 oh Freya!

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l've never seen anything more accurate

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Loved talking with @SnoozyWeiss and @SulkinMaya at the Substack Media Summit.

I started my newsletter in 2023 while working in a cafe, and it led to me writing my book, moving to America and meeting some of my closest friends. Very grateful for @Substack!

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Bravo @JonHaidt
Why you should be a techno-skeptic (Jonathan Haidt | TED2026) https://t.co/Fb3eUdu7z9 via @TEDTalks

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Ben Sasse is my hero for so many reasons, including this: using what remains of his voice to call for rolling back the phone-based childhood, and giving kids the independence they need to develop the skills of democracy:
@BenSasse

https://t.co/AvgxyGCCnd