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Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2022-05-23

Books mentioned on A Culture of Fear, Social Media Toxicity, and America's Descent Into Stupidity, with Jonathan Haidt | Ep. 327

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Megyn Kelly is joined by social psychologist and "The Coddling of the American Mind" co-author Jonathan Haidt to talk about how social media is making us worse as a democracy, our culture's inability

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Coddling of the American Mind

    Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt · at 0:45 · mentioned 2 times

    The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt examines how well-intentioned safetyism and cultural shifts, combined with the rise of social media, are setting younger generations up for psychological distress and failure.

    Discussed
    “Jonathan is also the author of the New York Times best sellers The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion and the absolutely brilliant and just game-changing The Coddling of the American Mind, which he co-wrote with Greg Lukianoff”
    Megyn Kelly A Culture of Fear, Social Media Toxicity, and America's Descent Into S… 2022-05-23 Listen at 0:45
    Where to get it
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  2. Metaphors We Live By

    George Lakoff; Mark Johnson; Lakoff · at 59:42

    Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson is an influential academic text that investigates how everyday human thought and language are fundamentally shaped by conceptual metaphors.

    Discussed
    “And as the linguist George Lakoff said long ago in a brilliant book called Metaphors We Live By, we think about argument using the metaphor of war.”
    Jonathan Haidt A Culture of Fear, Social Media Toxicity, and America's Descent Into S… 2022-05-23 Listen at 59:42
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  3. Free-Range Kids

    Lenore Skenazy · at 1:17:10

    Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy is a provocative parenting guide that advocates for granting children greater autonomy, independent exploration, and unstructured free play to foster resilience and maturity.

    Recommended
    “It's an organization that I co-founded with Lenore Skenazy, a wonderful woman who wrote this brilliant book Free-Range Kids that how to give your kids a childhood where they'll develop autonomy”
    Jonathan Haidt A Culture of Fear, Social Media Toxicity, and America's Descent Into S… 2022-05-23 Listen at 1:17:10
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
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Passing The Righteous Mind
“Jonathan is also the author of the New York Times best sellers The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion and the absolutely brilliant and just game-changing The Coddling of the American Mind”
Megyn Kelly A Culture of Fear, Social Media Toxicity, and America's Descent Into S… 2022-05-23 Listen at 0:45
Passing La supériorité morale - Pourquoi la politique et la religion nous divisent
“Jonathan is also the author of the New York Times best sellers The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion and the absolutely brilliant and just game-changing The Coddling of the American Mind”
Megyn Kelly A Culture of Fear, Social Media Toxicity, and America's Descent Into S… 2022-05-23 Listen at 0:45