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Books by Jonathan Haidt mentioned on podcasts
Jonathan Haidt's books, including "The Coddling of the American Mind," "The Anxious Generation," and "The Righteous Mind," receive discussion across several programs. On Modern Wisdom, Scott Barry Kaufman discusses "The Coddling of the American Mind" (co-authored with Greg Lukianoff), noting how younger generations feel unsafe around ideas and words. Sam Corcos mentions on Never Enough that he used Google NotebookLM to summarize "The Anxious Generation" for a parent book club. Phil Labonte brings up "The Righteous Mind" on Timcast IRL to explain how personality traits predict political leanings toward progressive or conservative views. Ezra Klein discusses reading "The Anxious Generation" on The Ezra Klein Show in the context of phone addiction, while Chasten Buttigieg references the same title on Pod Save America when discussing kids and screen time. Emily Jashinsky praises "The Coddling of the American Mind" on Breaking Points. On Honestly with Bari Weiss, Bari Weiss cites "The Righteous Mind" to discuss the innate human desire for meaning as traditional religion declines.
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The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt explores how the shift from a play-based childhood to a phone-based existence has disrupted adolescent development and fueled an epidemic of mental illness.
Discussed“So I just did this my um my son's uh school had a book uh book club for parents doing the anxious generation by Jonathan hate and I didn't really want to read it. It was too long and so I put it in notebook LM.”
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt is a work of moral psychology that investigates why good people are divided by politics and religion, arguing that human morality is rooted in intuition rather than pure reason.
Discussed“there's this guy, John Height, that wrote a book called The Righteous Mind, and he goes through the types of people the the types of personality traits that lead someone to be more progressive or Democrat and more conservative or Republican.”
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The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt is an insightful examination of ancient wisdom through the lens of modern psychological research to understand human flourishing.
Discussed“If someone's creating something, I assume, based on your research and the books you've written, even the 'Happiness Hypothesis' you started with, that your intention has been to uplift people through your work.”
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