Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2025-10-11
Books mentioned on How We Get Out of the Mental Health Crisis, with Jonathan Haidt
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt investigates the profound psychological and developmental toll that modern smartphones, social media, and a decline in unsupervised play have inflicted on today's youth.
Discussed“His most recent book is, it's got a long title here, let me get it right. The Anxious Generation, How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, came out 2024.”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Coddling of the American Mind
“Gen Z is very bad at risk taking. Now let me make clear, none of this is a criticism of them. Building on what Greg and I argued in the Codling of the American Mind, we overprotected the hell out of them.”
Own book The Anxious Generation
“So actually, so I guess the quickest answer to your question is what I do in the Anxious Generations, I propose four norms that we can coordinate.”
Own book The Anxious Generation
“When my book came out, When The Anxious Generation came out in March of 2024, especially college-educated women, mothers in professional circles, they all read it or their book clubs talked about it.”
Own book The Anxious Generation
“And that happened because some others read The Anxious Generation in English before it came out in Portuguese, and they got moving on it.”