Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2024-04-03
Tyler Cowen & Jonathan Haidt: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media
In The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt explores the simultaneous rise in teen mental illness across various countries, attributing it to a seismic shift from a "play-based childhood" to a "phone-based childhood" around the early 2010s.
Jonathan Haidt discussed The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Tyler Cowen discussed The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley, and Nonzero by Robert Wright.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Anxious Generation
Discussed“what I found in doing the research for the book is that the gap between left and right became a chasm after 2012.”
Where to get it
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Discussed“Matt Ridley's book Rational Optimist, you know, Steve Pinker's points about the Better Angels of Our Nature.”
Where to get it
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The Rational Optimist
Discussed“looking at the long history of humanity, and I know you're you know, I'm I'm I'm very sympathetic to Matt Ridley's book Rational Optimist, you know, Steve Pinker's points about the Better Angels of Our Nature.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Anxious Generation
“Repeating to everyone, here is John's book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.”