David, Meet Goliath

When I read the email, my first response was “NO.”

The Institute of Art and Ideas in the UK had asked me to participate in a debate about the “great rewiring of our lives.” The panelists would include a woman known as “the strictest headmistress in England,” (drumroll here) Jonathan Haidt, and me. It’s clear who is Goliath and who is David in this scen…