Jonathan Haidt
Social psychologist at NYU-Stern. Author of The Righteous Mind. Reflections on how social & moral psychology can improve companies, universities, and societies.
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The End Of Empathy
NPR.org 8d 12 tweets
It's hard to be civil without being empathetic. But researchers say our natural instinct for empathy may be going out of style.
Today's Biggest Threat: The Polarized Mind
Scientific American Blog Network 6d 3 tweets
To counter it, we call for a mobilization of mindfulness practices and dialogue groups on the scale of a public works program for human civility
Students Seem Less Free than the General Public
Heterodox Academy 4d 7 tweets
A recent Washington Post article suggested students were no less censorious than the general public. A deeper dive into the data suggests the opposite.
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Jonathan Haidt Step 2: writes response at , praises Sachs and grants several points, digs deeper into datasets, finds that students DO report feeling more constrained about much speech, AND they support putting more constraints on others. 3d
This Editorial Is Not About Designer Babies
Nytimes.com 10d 9 tweets
A procedure called mitochondrial replacement therapy could eliminate devastating diseases. It would not enable parents to ‘design’ their children.
Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
Ezra Klein - Vox 7d 9 tweets
Buttigieg is going for the "hope and change" voters.
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Jonathan Haidt Great essay by applying political psych to Dem presidential contest. Dems are diff. from Repubs, and so should be careful drawing lessons from Trump playbook. gets that. 6d
Steven Pinker’s 13 Rules for Good Writing
Open Culture 7d 2 tweets
Photo by Rose Lincoln, via Wikimedia Commons What is good writing? The question requires context. Each type of writing has its norms.
Teaching constructive discourse in the current environment (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
Insidehighered.com 14d 4 tweets
Humanities professors are struggling to create a better context for constructive discourse and decision making in our current, often polarized, environment, writes Steven Fesmire.
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Jonathan Haidt Teachers: Ask your students to take the pledge, below. (Those who refuse can then stay in the class.) A great essay on "moral fundamentalism," from philosopher Steven Fesmire. 9d
Sign the Petition
Change.org 10d 8 tweets
UArts: Support Transgender Students and Survivors of Sexual Assault
In Defense of the Blurry Black Hole Photo
Matt Ford - The New Republic 12d 4 tweets
This glimpse of the celestial phenomenon is cause for wonder in a light-polluted world saturated with disturbing images.
Record-shattering, disastrous deficits make barely a ripple in partisan Washington
USA TODAY 10d 3 tweets
Our nation’s challenges continue to pile-up while toxic partisanship reigns supreme. And too many of our leaders continue to ratchet up the fight.
Happiness expert: These are the 3 components of lasting happiness (and the mistakes people make)
Catherine Clifford - CNBC 10d 1 tweets
"Many people think that happiness comes from getting what you want," but "that doesn't bring us lasting happiness." Here's what does.
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Jonathan Haidt Here's my book The Happiness Hypothesis distilled into a 3-minute video, including suggestions for lasting happiness. Thanks 10d
The Hidden Insights Evolution Has for Healthy Businesses | Ethical Systems
Ethicalsystems.org 24d 4 tweets
How Diverse Teams Produce Better Outcomes
Sian Beilock - Forbes 18d 5 tweets
To solve problems best, look to smaller groups with bigger diversity
Whose Freedom, Whose Speech? - The Future of Campus Community - April 4, 2019
YouTube 13d 3 tweets
Hoppin' Down the Paper Trail: Waiver Needed for Kids at Easter Egg Hunt
Let Grow - Let Grow 11d 3 tweets
Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the paper trail: Hard-boiled lawyers made sure no kids could participate in the University of California-Berkeley's campus Easter egg hunt on Sunday without their parents first signing a waiver. Before the...
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Jonathan Haidt More on that potentially fatal easter egg hunt in Berkeley (at least, according to the lawyers who drafted the liability waiver). gives the Scandinavian perspective on the value of small risks for kids. #letgrow 11d
Why Your Opinions Usually Aren’t Your Own (And How You Can Fix That)
GQ 11d 3 tweets
Cass Sunstein’s new book “Conformity” explores the secret (and sometimes alarming) power of social influences.
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Psyarxiv.com 409d 3 tweets
How a Liberal Scholar of Conspiracy Theories Became the Subject of a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory
The New Yorker 481d 12 tweets
After publishing an academic paper about how misinformation and paranoia spreads online, Cass Sunstein fell victim to the very mechanisms he’d described.
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Jonathan Haidt How , scholar of conspiracy theories, became the subject of conspiracy theories, and why the Internet does not give us the full benefits of viewpoint diversity, to put it mildly: 11d
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Psyarxiv.com 13d 2 tweets
Schools ‘Need’ to Teach Kids ‘How Not to Be Offended’ in 2019, Educator Pleads
PEOPLE.com 14d 4 tweets
Professor Irshad Manji, the author of Don't Label Me, believes "giving offense is the price of diversity, not an impediment to diversity"