After Babel

Professor at NYU-Stern

Data Scientist & Moral Psychologist. Now @ http://PsychOfTech.org + USC Neely Center. Former Civic Integrity/AI/Newsfeed @ Facebook, Cofounder @ Ranker/CivilPolitics. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7vzqWBYAAAAJ&hl=en

Principal economist at Gallup and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, writing personal views here. Author of forthcoming book: Why Modern Children Need Ancient Parenting (Gallup Press). You can follow his work on X @jtrothwell.

Freya India is the author of the Substack GIRLS.

I'm a health and science writer, speaker, founder of Screen/Life Balance, and author of books including How to Break Up With Your Phone and The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. I help people scroll less, live more, and have fun along the way.

Author of 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World (2025), iGen (2017), and Generations (2023, paperback 2025) and professor of psychology at San Diego State University.

Senior Research Scientist at NYU Stern. Lead Researcher for the New York Times Bestseller, The Anxious Generation. Managing Director of the Tech and Society Lab at NYU-Stern. Managing editor of the After Babel Substack.

Author of The Myth of Artificial Intelligence. Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture; Fellow at the Technology and Democracy Project at the Discovery Institute. I write about the limits of AI and technology.

Seth D. Kaplan, author of Fragile Neighborhoods, is a leading expert on fragile states, societies, and communities. He is a Professorial Lecturer in the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.

Award-winning author, journalist & speaker. 10-year veteran @NYT, 5 years @QZ. Co-author: The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better and Live Better (Crown). https://howtobebrave.substack.com/

Lyman Stone is the Director of Research of the consulting firm Demographic Intelligence, the director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies, and a PhD candidate at McGill University.

I'm a researcher and designer. My initiatives and projects bridge positive psychology, human-computer interaction, and the creative arts. I run the nonprofit research initiative APOSSIBLE.

Global education leader @ Brookings and Georgetown University. Explore my work at rebeccawinthrop.com and "Winthrop's World of Education" newsletter on LinkedIN.

Tech & politics. Adjunct Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Tech Policy @ Duke. Tennessee Volunteer, RPCV (Moldova), JD (Vandy), ex-Amazon lobbyist, served 2 US governors (one of each party), hobby jogger.

Michael Toscano is Director of the Family First Technology Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies, co-founder of the Faith Family Technology Network, and a member of the Policy Council for the Alliance for a Better Future.

Emma Park is a Research Associate under Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Zach Rausch at NYU. She is currently pursuing a B.A. in Psychology at Stanford University.

Sunny Xun Liu is the Director of Research at Stanford Social Media Lab. Her research focuses on the social and psychological effects of social media and AI, adolescents and well-being, and digital literacy.

Sarah Wu is a PhD student at Stanford. Her research examines the psychological consequences of social technologies, particularly in educational and creative contexts.

Jason Lu is a third-year medical student at New York Medical College with aspirations of becoming a psychiatrist. He hopes to empower children, teens, and adults to disconnect from their screens and reconnect with their lives.

LGBTQ+ advocate, digital native, and strategist. From Dance Moms to tech reform, I write about visibility, palatability, and bleeding quietly in rooms not built for us.

Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is a neuroscientist, educator, best-selling author, and expert in the field of human learning. He currently serves as the director of LME Global, www.lmeglobal.com.

Relationship repair expert. Columbia MSW. Supervision with Esther Perel. Trained under Terry Real. TEDx on loneliness: 5M+ views. I help people turn conflict into connection — in love, friendship, and family. Book forthcoming.

Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies

Exec Director of the Anxious Generation Movement & Chief of Staff to Jonathan Haidt. Social impact entrepreneur & executive coach helping mission-driven leaders build from scratch, lead with confidence, and turn big ideas into real-world impact.

Cofounder & Board Member of PSPK (The Centre for Education and Policy Studies), Initiator of various grassroots education movements- i.e Guru Belajar Foundation (Teacher Development), Keluarga Kita (Family Education), Cikal & SMM school networks.

Executive Director of PSPK (Center for Education Studies and Policies), Indonesia.

Senior researcher at Pusat Studi Pendidikan dan Kebijakan (PSPK), Indonesia; Fulbright Visiting Scholar and Chen Yidan Global Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Policy Analyst || A Law graduate from Universitas Gadjah Mada, currently growing alongside the legal team at The Center for Education and Policy Studies (PSPK).