Greg Lukianoff

I mean, like, I feel like the book, so Coddling the American Mind was a book that could be sort of a crowd pleaser to a degree, partially because we really meant what we said in the subtitle, that these are good intentions and bad ideas that are hurting people.

And if you understand it and read the book, you can say it's like, okay, this isn't anybody being malicious.

You know, this is people trying to protect their kids.

They're just doing it in a way that actually can actually lead to greater anxiety, depression, and depression.

strangely, eventually posed a threat to freedom of speech.

But in this one, we can't be quite.

Me and my, oh, I haven't even mentioned my brilliant co-author, Rikki Schlatt, a 23-year-old genius.

She's amazing.

I started working with her when she was 20, who's my co-author on this book.

So when I'm saying we, I'm talking about me and Rikki.

She's a libertarian.

Libertarian journalist.

But we can't actually write this in a way that's too kind because counselors aren't kind.

There's a cruelty and a mercilessness about it.

I mean, I started getting really depressed this past year when I was writing it, and I didn't even want to tell my staff why I was getting so anxious and depressed.

It's partially because I'm talking about people who will, you know, in some of the cases we're talking about, go to your house, target your kids.

So that's a long-winded way of saying it.

I can get what drives the right nuts to a degree in this.

I feel like they're constantly feeling like they're being gaslit.

elite education is really insulting to the working class.