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The speaker says children can sometimes undergo destabilizing experiences, including being strongly influenced by extreme ideologies or taking an inappropriate drug.
Dwarkesh Patel · 8 Predictions for the Era of Continual Learning · 7 Aug 2026
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“Sometimes they go crazy. They get one-shotted by crazy ideologies. They take the wrong drug.”
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“they become super weird.”Play from 2:46Report a misattribution
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