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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'Where Jonathan Haidt thinks the American mind went wrong' van The Ezra Klein Show van Vox op Apple Podcasts
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Why Smart People Are Vulnerable to Putting Tribe Before Truth
Scientific American Blog Network 11d 15 tweets
Science literacy is important, but without the parallel trait of "science curiosity," it can lead us astray
Is Temple defending the academic freedom of a professor when board chair says he is seeking ways to punish him?
Insidehighered.com 12d 7 tweets
Temple professor lost his job as CNN commentator over speech he gave at United Nations. University says it is defending his right to free speech, but board chair's comments suggest institution is trying to find a way to punish him.
Tania Reynolds on Men as Perpetrators of Harm - Half Hour of Heterodoxy
Heterodox Academy 14d 4 tweets
Tania Reynolds explores how moral evaluations intersect with gender, leading to stereotypes of men as powerful wrongdoers, and women as sensitive victims.
The Controversy Over Parents Who Eat Lunch With Their Children at School
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Schools claim it’s disruptive for parents to eat in the cafeteria. But parents crave the quality time, and some say it’s a good thing for them to be involved with their kids’ place of learning.
Confessions with Giles Fraser Podcast
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Why a 21st Century Enlightenment Needs Walls | Jonathan Haidt | RSA Replay
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Just as the Enlightenment coffeehouse did in its day, the advent of social media has brought down barriers to participation in public discourse. More people ...
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Jonathan Haidt Here's my lecture at , on why a 21st C. enlightenment needs walls: to allow zones of civil society to keep their own norms. As polarization increases, the norms of activism flood other compartments, such as the academy. The ship may sink. 13d
The best books of 2018
Evening Standard 22d 4 tweets
With 2018 drawing to a close, our writers and contributors have taken their pick of the 2018 literary bunch - and compiled a list which makes the perfect inspiration for your holiday reading. Simon Sebag Montefiore Great espionage novels are not...
Let Grow MeetUp in Washington Square w/ Prof. Jonathan Haidt & Lenore Skenazy
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Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 2:30 PM: Join Prof. Jon Haidt (author of "The Coddling of the American Mind") and me, Lenore, as we gather under the arch. The younger generation will go play while the adults hang o
Margaret Heffernan: 'The more academics compete, the fewer ideas they share'
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The entrepreneur and author on how universities can create a healthy working culture
FAMILIES! Join Prof. Jon Haidt & Free-Range Kids to Let Grow in Washington Sq
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Sun, Dec 9, 2018, 2:30 PM: Join Prof. Jon Haidt (author of "The Coddling of the American Mind" and me (author of "Free-Range Kids") as we gather families under the arch. Then the kids (roughly ages 7
It’s finally out-The big review paper on the lack of political diversity in social psychology
Heterodox Academy 13d 1 tweets
How social psychology lost its political diversity, and why it matters: A Cliffsnotes version of Duarte, Crawford, Stern, Haidt, Jussim & Tetlock (2015)
Jonathan Haidt Jost describes an essay I co-wrote (Duarte et al. 2015). You can read a short version of our long article here, and decide for yourself what we said 13d
The Ideology of Social Psychologists (and Why it Matters) | SPSP
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Jonathan Haidt A nice illustration of the value of opposing perspectives is this pair of essays in SPSP newsletter, on whether the ideology of social psychologists matters for research quality: says yes: says no: 13d
Social Psychology and Human Values | SPSP
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Jonathan Haidt A nice illustration of the value of opposing perspectives is this pair of essays in SPSP newsletter, on whether the ideology of social psychologists matters for research quality: says yes: says no: 13d
So to Speak podcast: ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood
FIRE 14d 3 tweets
On today’s episode of So to Speak, we talk with Zachary Wood about his new memoir, Uncensored.
University challenge
Inside Story - Inside Story 14d 2 tweets
<em>Books</em> | Is the heightened tension on American campuses evidence of more psychologically vulnerable students?
Jonathan Haidt Australians: Does #TheCoddling apply to you? Nick Haslam reviews the book and concludes: Yes and no, but you should be on alert for these damaging American educational trends: 14d
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Jonathan Haidt Here's the most concise summary ever given of the 3 Great Untruths (and why they are untrue and/or harmful) from Australian clinical psychologist Nick Haslam, of U. Melbourne. Review of #TheCoddling 14d
How overparenting backfired on Americans | Jonathan Haidt
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Being raised indoors might the reason young Americans struggle in the adult world. - American childhood is going, going… gone, says Professor Jonathan Haidt....
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Jonathan Haidt If you want your kids to have more independence and less device time, it helps to coordinate with other parents, and your kids' school principal. Send them this video, which makes the case for simple norms likely to produce stronger kids. 16d
"Let Grow" Washington Square. Parents Chat, Kids Go Off to Play!
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Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 11:00 AM: Hosted by Lenore and Prof. Jonathan Haidt and his family. We'll meet under the Washington Square Arch at 11 a.m. Then the kids (ages 7 - 13 or so) will go off to the playgr
Teaching the Coddled Generation – David Cutler
Medium 19d 1 tweets
Providing a platform for fools to speak, even in our venomous political climate, is essential to revealing their foolishness.
Where Americans Find Meaning in Life
Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project 24d 12 tweets
Family is the most common source of meaning in America, but economic, religious and political divides shape where people find meaning in other aspects of life.