Why people recommend it
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is a sociological critique that examines how well-intentioned ideas and safetyism are setting younger generations up for failure, with a particular focus on the detrimental effects of social media. Joe Rogan repeatedly endorsed the book across several episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, including conversations with Katee Sackhoff, Sam Altman, The Black Keys, and Valentine Thomas, using it to illustrate the sharp uptick in youth self-harm, suicide rates, and psychological distress among young women following the widespread adoption of social media. Ana Kasparian shared on Modern Wisdom that reading the book provided her with profound clarity regarding human behavior, moral foundations, and personal biases. Pamela Paul on The Book Review also mentioned the text while discussing the cultural impact of modern ideas and identity. Furthermore, Josh Szeps recommended the title to listeners of The Joe Rogan Experience as an exceptionally worthwhile read. Across these podcast appearances, commentators highlighted the book as a vital analysis of contemporary cultural shifts, mental health challenges, and the psychological fallout experienced by teenagers growing up in an increasingly digital and hyper-connected environment.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Chris Williamson Recommended
- Andrew Huberman Discussed
- Jimmy Carr Discussed
- Jonathan Haidt Discussed
- Jordan Harbinger Recommended
- David Kipping Discussed
- Scott Barry Kaufman Discussed
- Emily Jashinsky Discussed
- Ana Kasparian Recommended
- Pamela Paul Recommended
- Josh Szeps Recommended
- Rob Kurzban Discussed
- Tulsi Gabbard Recommended
- Tracy Dennis-Tiwary Recommended
- W Keith Campbell Recommended
- Ben Shapiro Recommended
- Abigail Shrier Discussed
- Heather Berlin Recommended
- Josh Homme Discussed
- Brendan Schaub Recommended
- Peter Boghossian Recommended
Joe Rogan — 27 mentions
“No. And also it's like the psychological aspect of being controlled by paying attention to other people's lives is very weird and it's you know, Jonathan Haidt wrote a great book about it called The Coddling of the American Mind about the impact of social media and particularly on young girls.”
“There's a great book about that from Jonathan hate called the uncod the coddling of the American mind and it's all about social media's impact on young people and particularly women because young women experience a a much like from the advent of social media there's a a a ramped up market increase in self harm suicidal ideiation depression bullying”
“Like if you look at Jonathan hate's book, have you ever read his book um the coddling of the American mind? No. It's all he's great. It's all about social media and then self harm with girls.”
“Jonathan Hate wrote a book about um social media's impact, the coddling of the American mind and it's it shows very clearly the invention of social media and then self harm”
“there's a great book called the um what is it the American mind uh the Jonathan hate book what is it called uh the coddling of the American mind”
“and jonathan hate talked about that in his book the coddling of the american mind um it's it's very clear that it's very damaging”
“it's like Jonathan hates work um um the coddling of the American mind it shows like there's a real Spike”
“It's like Jonathan Haidt's work, The Coddling of the American Mind, shows there's a real spike when social media was invented because you're comparing yourself, and there's no comparison.”
“jonathan hate has a great book about it called the coddling of the american mind they show the uptick in girl self-harm”
“jonathan hate about that you know he talks about the the concept of free-range kids about he lets his children wander it was jonathan hate right was right the coddling of the american mind um he lets his kids wander around new york city like he lets his kids walk home from new york city”
“it's I mean if you read Jonathan haes book The Cod of the American mind have you read it great book”
“and a guy named jonathan hate and he wrote a book called the coddling of the american mind and it's all about that”
“Jonathan hausted that in the codling of the American mind there's a direct correlation between the invention of social media and its ubiquitous use and self harm amongst kids particularly girls”
“and there's so like Jonathan hate wrote a great book about it the coddling of the American mind and he talks about the negative aspects of social media”
“according to jonathan hate in the coddling of the american mind he talked about that that higher suicide rates self-harm um all that stuff the bullying online bullying young girls are the victims of that more than”
“uh jnan haes book the um coddling of the American mind is about that and one of the things it highlights is self harm amongst girls ramps up considerably somewhere around 2008 2009”
“There's a a book called The Coddling of the American Mind by this guy named Jonathan Haidt and inside that book he talks about how there's a spike related to in suicides and self-harm particularly among girls that's directly related to the invention of social media.”
“if you've read um you know jonathan hate have you read his book the coddling of the american mind”
“there's a book called the coddling of the american mind by jonathan height and he talks about young girls and depression yes gigantic uptick in depression that directly coincides with the invention of the iphone”
“and you know there's a book called the coddling of the American mind by Jonathan hate”
“You've read Jonathan heights work about it I've read only the American mind you should read it Julie Wang E”
“and Jonathan hate wrote a great book called the coddling of the American mind great book”
“but he wrote a book called the coddling of the American mind and part of the book was about the influence of social media and what is happening”
“have you read any of Jonathan hates stuff the coddling in the American”
“well i had jonathan haight on the podcast who wrote this book the cobbling of the american mind”
“well his book the coddling of the American mind I'm in that right now I just finished his other one and I'm working on that one and a lot of it has to do with social media”
“the two books that uh i've been reading recently uh one of them we discussed on the podcast we did on monday but the other one is the cobbling of the american mine i'm into that now and it's it's fantastic”
Chris Williamson — 9 mentions
“coddling of the American mind [ __ ] like that the professors yeah are feeling this”
“I mean of course I'm actually just listening right now to um uh Jonathan height the codling of the American mind and and they talk about like he's he's talking about like all the safetyism stuff where essentially it has these actual uh like negative outcomes”
“he coddling of the American mind thaty yeah that's a great book”
“so the Jonathan height and Greg Luciano thing about the cuddling of the American mind and there's this onset of um increases in anxiety amongst girls around about the time that social media was introduced”
“so uh Jonathan height and Greg Luciano's work about the cuddling of the American mind”
“jonathan heights work on that in the cuddling of the american mind was so scary”
“jonathan hates uh the coddling of the american mind which i'm halfway through at the moment is really fascinating and terrifying around this”
“There's some interesting insights from The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt, and any parents or fledgling parents with teenage children should probably consider reading it”
“have you read the coddling of the American mind no so that book is about is seminal by Jonathan hate it's about a seminal for what you're talking about now”
Andrew Huberman — 2 mentions
“But I think between what you're saying and what Jonathan Haidt, who was on this podcast, the author of 'Anxious Generation,' 'Coddling of the American Mind,' professor at NYU, etc., has said, I'm starting to really believe that, yes, the human brain can focus on past, present, or future, or some combination, but that something about the architecture of our”
“and Jonathan Haidt, who wrote The Coddling of the American Mind.”
Jimmy Carr — 2 mentions
“I suppose the problem is that thing what's that book um is it Jonathan hate the the codling of the American mind the idea of going if there's no freedom for kids anymore”
“I suppose the problem is that thing that what's that book um is it Jonathan hate the the codling of the American mind”
Jonathan Haidt — 2 mentions
“I started rereading Stoicism at the same time as I was working on the book The Coddling of the American Mind.”
“Well so so the you know the book that the book that I just put out in September with Greg Luciana off the coddling of the American mind”
Jordan Harbinger — 2 mentions
“this book was really good by the way and you already know that because you wrote it”
“Well yeah look if these people have just read the coddling of the American mind available at a store near you”
David Kipping — 1 mention
“Because just just social media, you know, we talked about this the other day, the Jonathan hates book, The Coddling of the American Mind, that shows self harm, particularly among girls, p the suicidal ideiation, all the different things that happened to them, anxiety and depression, all rises with the invention of social media.”
Scott Barry Kaufman — 1 mention
“a lot of people feel unsafe around ideas, around words, you know. Oh, uh, that's become a thing in the younger generation as as as Jonathan Height and Greg Luciano have talked a lot lot about in coddling of the American mind.”
Emily Jashinsky — 1 mention
“That was a follow-up to a really great book you wrote as well called The Coddling of the American Wine with John Height. And that's a really important book.”
Ana Kasparian — 1 mention
“I think that you know one thing that has really given me some clarity about what drives people is Jonathan Height's work uh when it comes to moral foundations I love that book I loved codling of the American mind too that was an excellent book as well”
Pamela Paul — 1 mention
“my pleasure Pamela Jonathan height is the co-author along with Greg ganof of the coddling of the American mind how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure”
Josh Szeps — 1 mention
“it's uh the coddling of the american mind people haven't read it it's really good”
Rob Kurzban — 1 mention
“I mean this is one of these things where you start taking this mismatch idea seriously we like oh this really matters because we're these barely you know we barely came down from the trees”
Tulsi Gabbard — 1 mention
“Especially young girls today, Jonathan Haidt’s work on this has been really interesting. His book, 'The Coddling of the American Mind,' is a great one, and it’s all about what you can see: exactly when social media was invented, all this self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and suicidal ideation started rising.”
Tracy Dennis-Tiwary — 1 mention
“I think his work on you know, I think his book the coddling of the American mind is a very important and interesting one.”
W Keith Campbell — 1 mention
“you know jonathan hates book is fantastic about that the um coddling of the american mind”
Ben Shapiro — 1 mention
“Well, that's another the other Jonathan Haidt book, The Coddling of the American Mind, which is amazing.”
Abigail Shrier — 1 mention
“did you read Jonathan Heights book the coddling of the American mind yeah it was on your show that I really like this light bulb went on”
Heather Berlin — 1 mention
“so in small doses so that the whole thing there's this actually a great book all the coddling of the American mind about how you know we're protecting our kids so much”
Josh Homme — 1 mention
“I mean the pressures that people have is a book Jonathan hate wrote called the coddling of the American mind that discusses the issue that kids are having today with cell phones and depression and because of social media use and that especially girls so many girls are cutting themselves and self-harm suicides way up dude”
Brendan Schaub — 1 mention
“Have you read Jonathan hates books on that Jonathan hate who he's been on my podcast Kalyn knows him I think maybe Kalyn talked to him too I believe but he wrote a book called the coddling of the American mind and part of the book was about the influence of social media and what is happening”
Peter Boghossian — 1 mention
“and hi just published that a book coddling of the American mind and yeah and and and”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
“But especially with 'The Coddling of the American Mind' and now 'The Anxious Generation,' I'm now talking about how to help kids shift from a defend mode, out of performance mode, into a more human and real childhood.”
“Because, you know, Jonathan Haidt wrote The Coddling of the American Mind.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- The Anxious Generation
- The Happiness Hypothesis
- Immortality Key
- Meditations
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Amusing Ourselves to Death
Other mentions (17: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Jonathan height will be here to talk about his new book The coddling of the American mind”
“Jonathan height joins us now he has co-written a book with Greg lukianov called the codling of the American mind how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure”
“and the the graphs that we have in the book in chapter seven of our book are stunning”
“and at the same time I was working on this book The Calling the American mind and so like half my mind was like you know the world's going to blow up we're going to have war with North Korea and you know Donald Trump is going to be unstable and and my wife is going to Korea with my”
“At the same time, I was writing The Coddling of the American Mind, which was all about what was happening to Gen Z and young people.”
“but Greg and I did write about this in the coddling of the American mind that um there is a long-term transition over Generations as when life is hard and families are big”
“um you know even listeners who might have read the cing the American mind or might know about the importance of play there's really interesting research”
“my book The coddling of the American mind had just come out and back then people were beginning to sense that you know this internet this these the the phones the the social media”
“My co-author’s previous book, 'The Coddling of the American Mind', delved deeply into how parenting impacts politics and Gen Z.”
“And he's the author of "Unlearning Liberty", co-author with Jonathan Haidt of "Coddling of the American Mind" and co-author with Rikki Schlott of a new book coming out in October that you should definitely pre-order now called "The Canceling of the American Mind"”
“like i remember talking to the assistant had he pulled down a copy of jonathan hate off the off the bookshelf and was like i'd love to teach this in my class when i i really want to make this happen I want to teach you know so you know more more than i was sort of or maybe just”
“the guy who played uh oh hi mark Greg his name is he wrote that book that they made the movie”
“well so so the you know the book that the book that I just put out in September with Greg Luciana off the coddling of the American mind”
“so you know the subtitle of our book it's called the coddling the American mind how good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure”
“so so in chapter 3 of the coddling Greg and I look at identity politics”
“we cover some of the research in chapters 8 & 9 of the coddling the American mind”
“So the coddling of America matters the title we didn't make it up it was made up by a really brilliant editor at the Atlantic Don Peck”