Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-03-19
Books mentioned on #2121 - Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist, professor, and author. His latest book, "The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness," will be available March 26.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Anxious Generation
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt is a prominent book examining the negative impacts of modern technology and social media on youth mental health.
Discussed“That's why you wrote this, 'The Anxious Generation', and it could not be more true how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness.”
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Free-Range Kids
Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy is a parenting guide that challenges contemporary overprotection and encourages fostering childhood independence.
Discussed“I'm a big fan of Lenore Skenazy, the woman who wrote 'Free-Range Kids.' She and I co-founded an organization called Let Grow; parents, please go to letgrow.org for all kinds of ideas on how to help your kid have more independence, which makes them more mature and less fragile.”
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt is a popular psychology book that investigates the deep emotional and evolutionary roots of human morality, political divisions, and tribalism.
Discussed“What we did is we took some insights from moral psychology and some of the content from my book, The Righteous Mind.”
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