Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2019-01-07
Books mentioned on #1221 - Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. He's also the author of books such as "The Happiness Hypothesis" and "The Coddling of the American Mind".
Jonathan Haidt discussed The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others, The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, and On Liberty by John Stuart Mill.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt is a popular psychology book that explores ancient wisdom through the lens of modern scientific research.
Discussed“I've been listening to the happiness hypothesis over the last few days and I really really enjoy it”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigates how modern safetyism, shifting parenting strategies, and the rise of social media are negatively impacting the psychological resilience and emotional well-being of younger generations.
Discussed“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”
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The Black Swan
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a provocative non-fiction book exploring the massive impact of rare, highly improbable events and human society's systemic blindness to uncertainty.
Discussed“a word coined by Nassim Taleb the guy who wrote the Black Swan because there are certain systems and he was I think he was motivated by the collapse of the banking system”
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt is an insightful exploration of moral psychology that investigates why good people are divided by politics and religion.
Discussed“one of the things I cover in the happiness I pop in that righteous mind is we're all designed for confirmation bias”
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On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is a classic 1959 political essay that serves as one of history's most robust defenses of individual freedom, free expression, and intellectual liberty.
Discussed“so this is John Stuart Mill wrote one of the most important books in the Western tradition on Liberty Chapter two of on Liberty is the best set of arguments ever made for free speech”
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“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”
“and then just in New York University in 2011 when my last but previus book the righteous mind came out”
“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”
“I mean the you know my first book the happiness hypothesis was about ten ancient ideas”
“so in chapter 2 of the happiness hypothesis so the book is based on ten ancient ideas”
“so that chapter two of the happiness hypothesis shows the three main ways of changing your filter”
“I find it really helpful to think of the mind as being divided in two parts”
“we cover some of the research in chapters 8 & 9 of the coddling the American mind”