How Social Media Is Changing Our Personalities | Dr. Kibby McMahon & Connor Flannery

But did you grow up with the internet? Did you like, were you a digital native?

Yeah, that's a, that's a good question.

So for a big part, well, I, you know, I'm 24 now.

So when I was really, really young, I mean, there was computers, the internet did exist, but that was like, I grew up in, I was born in 2002.

So from like 2002 to 2010, the internet existed, but it wasn't like today where, I mean, it's like gen alpha, it's like,

Yeah,

logged into the Internet like age three.

I don't think that's good.

So I didn't really have any, you know, access to the Internet or any kind of electronics to like 11 or 12.

And I really sunk into the world of YouTube.

I started I began my obsession really early, just loving YouTube.

And I that's why I started over 10 years ago.

Right.

It's like I started when I was, I guess, closer to 11 years now.

Started when I was 13.

So I've been doing it for a little while.

But I have also spent a lot of time in my teenage years online.

And I do think about almost like the social implications.

And it is really remarkable to see what this higher level of being online is doing to so many people.

One, I think socialization generally is going down for many reasons, but it is easier to be online, watch videos, there's no risk.

There's no social risk involved.

The same thing with like, you know, kind of like the dating market getting really questionable and hard for a lot of young people.

If you look at the data, I think in part of that is due to, you know, dating apps taking a big portion of how people meet.

And one of the reasons why it's a big portion is because there's no risk in swiping.

There's a lot of risk in going up to someone, social risk, even though dating apps, it's challenging because they optimize for one vertical as opposed to multiple where you, obviously for first time interaction with someone, you're looking at base level attractiveness as part of it.