Episode #1221
Jonathan Haidt
Books mentioned
The Happiness Hypothesis
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:00:00
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Mein Kampf
Mentioned by Jonathan Haidt · at 00:01:11
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The Righteous Mind
Mentioned by Jonathan Haidt · at 00:25:23
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The Black Swan
Mentioned by Jonathan Haidt · at 01:00:12
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On Liberty
Mentioned by Jonathan Haidt · at 01:50:19
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Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses campus speech disputes, ideological conformity, identity politics, and trust between students and professors. He also connects overprotection, reduced childhood independence, social media, and changing schooling to adolescent mental-health risks, while recommending delayed social-media use, device-free bedrooms, independent play, and greater resilience through experience.
What they talked about
- Grievance studies hoax at Portland State University
- Collapse of trust and free speech on campus
- Call-out culture and prestige dynamics
- Microaggressions and anonymous reporting systems
- Rise of depression and anxiety in teenage girls
- Social media's role in relational aggression
- Anti-fragility and unsupervised free play for kids
- Teaching critical thinking and John Stuart Mill's On Liberty
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