Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-06-04
Lex Fridman & Jonathan Haidt: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #291
#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU and author of The Coddling of the American Mind, The Righteous Mind, and The Happiness Hypothesis. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Uncruise: https://uncruise.
Jonathan Haidt recommended Free-Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy, The Great Experiment by Yascha Mounk, and How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and discussed The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others, iGen by Jean M. Twenge, and The Turner Diaries by WILLIAM LUTHER. PIERCE.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
Discussed“you know when i when greg and i put out the book the the coddling of the american mind some researchers challenged us and said oh you don't know what you're talking about”
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iGen
iGen by Jean M.
Discussed“so when this data started coming out around so gene twang's book igen 2017 a lot of people say oh she you know she doesn't know what she's talking about”
Where to get it
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Free-Range Kids
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“i'm a big fan of leonardo skinnezy who wrote the book free range kids”
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The Great Experiment
The Great Experiment by Yascha Mounk is a political science book that investigates the complex challenges and historical precedents of building stable, diverse democracies.
Recommended“uh and there's a wonderful book by yasha monk called the great experiment that talks about the difficulty of diversity in democracy”
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The Turner Diaries
The Turner Diaries is a 1978 dystopian novel written by William Luther Pierce under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald that depicts a violent white supremacist revolution and the overthrow of the United States government.
Discussed“you know the conspiracy theories you know the turner diaries is this book written in 1978 it it introduced the the replacement theory to a lot of people”
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic relationship guide focused on effective communication, taking a sincere interest in others, and building rapport.
Recommended“i mean i could say you know go read the calling in american mind i could say go read dale carnegie how to win friends and influence people”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he has brilliantly discussed these topics in his writing including in his book the coddling of the american mind and in his recent long article in the atlantic titled why the past 10 years of american life have been uniquely stupid”
“so you've been thinking about the human mind for quite a long time you wrote the happiness hypothesis the righteous mind the coddling of the american mind”
“so you've been thinking about the human mind for quite a long time you wrote the happiness hypothesis the righteous mind the coddling of the american mind”
“so you've been thinking about the human mind for quite a long time you wrote the happiness hypothesis the righteous mind the coddling of the american mind”
“and i got a contract to write the righteous mind”
“and so anyway greg's ideas about how we were teaching students to think in distorted ways that led us to write the coding the american mind which wasn't primarily about social media either it was about you know this sort of a rise of of depression anxiety”
“so what i've done and this has worked with gene twenge uh who wrote the book igen is um because i was challenged”