Jonathan Haidt

Whatever we're doing in America, let's keep doing it because it's amazing. That's not what happened. That's exactly when an element of the left became much more radicalized. And you can see it in graphs. You can see that it's young white people on the left, especially, suddenly moved way to the left on issues of race and immigration, way to the left of black people.

And it was especially young women. So that's the movement that was radicalized by the internet. Tumblr, I think, was a major place where a lot of these... ideas came together about identity. The 2010s was a really interesting, transformative, and in many ways, terrible time. It began with our sense that this technology is magical. It's going to be the best thing that ever happened to democracy.

And it was especially young women. So that's the movement that was radicalized by the internet. Tumblr, I think, was a major place where a lot of these... ideas came together about identity. The 2010s was a really interesting, transformative, and in many ways, terrible time. It began with our sense that this technology is magical. It's going to be the best thing that ever happened to democracy.

And it was especially young women. So that's the movement that was radicalized by the internet. Tumblr, I think, was a major place where a lot of these... ideas came together about identity. The 2010s was a really interesting, transformative, and in many ways, terrible time. It began with our sense that this technology is magical. It's going to be the best thing that ever happened to democracy.

The Arabs sprang, Occupy Wall Street. We were all so optimistic about it in the 2010s. We didn't understand what it was doing to us. And I think it really did in the Democrats because it led to a set of ideas that were intense, that led to a lot of intimidation. That's what the Kotlin American mind was about, the intimidation. And that led to a huge backlash.

The Arabs sprang, Occupy Wall Street. We were all so optimistic about it in the 2010s. We didn't understand what it was doing to us. And I think it really did in the Democrats because it led to a set of ideas that were intense, that led to a lot of intimidation. That's what the Kotlin American mind was about, the intimidation. And that led to a huge backlash.

The Arabs sprang, Occupy Wall Street. We were all so optimistic about it in the 2010s. We didn't understand what it was doing to us. And I think it really did in the Democrats because it led to a set of ideas that were intense, that led to a lot of intimidation. That's what the Kotlin American mind was about, the intimidation. And that led to a huge backlash.

And that was not possible before social media. You couldn't have a small number intimidating a large number, but now you can. You know, James Carville has been great on this. He's been complaining about faculty lounge politics. Because you say you haven't met a single person. Like, they're all over universities. Not a majority. Most professors are on the left, but they're liberal, they're sane.

And that was not possible before social media. You couldn't have a small number intimidating a large number, but now you can. You know, James Carville has been great on this. He's been complaining about faculty lounge politics. Because you say you haven't met a single person. Like, they're all over universities. Not a majority. Most professors are on the left, but they're liberal, they're sane.

And that was not possible before social media. You couldn't have a small number intimidating a large number, but now you can. You know, James Carville has been great on this. He's been complaining about faculty lounge politics. Because you say you haven't met a single person. Like, they're all over universities. Not a majority. Most professors are on the left, but they're liberal, they're sane.

But there are certain departments in which this way of thinking is dominant. This sort of thinking is very aggressive and intimidating. A small group ended up having so much power, and that couldn't have happened before social media.

But there are certain departments in which this way of thinking is dominant. This sort of thinking is very aggressive and intimidating. A small group ended up having so much power, and that couldn't have happened before social media.

But there are certain departments in which this way of thinking is dominant. This sort of thinking is very aggressive and intimidating. A small group ended up having so much power, and that couldn't have happened before social media.

I was busy studying moral and political psychology. I was going to write a book called Three Stories About Capitalism and the Moral Psychology of Economic Life. And then all of a sudden things blew up on universities in 2015. It began as a side project. What's going on with young people? Why are they so anxious? And that led us to write The Coddling of the American Mind.

I was busy studying moral and political psychology. I was going to write a book called Three Stories About Capitalism and the Moral Psychology of Economic Life. And then all of a sudden things blew up on universities in 2015. It began as a side project. What's going on with young people? Why are they so anxious? And that led us to write The Coddling of the American Mind.

I was busy studying moral and political psychology. I was going to write a book called Three Stories About Capitalism and the Moral Psychology of Economic Life. And then all of a sudden things blew up on universities in 2015. It began as a side project. What's going on with young people? Why are they so anxious? And that led us to write The Coddling of the American Mind.

Coddling means overprotection. And that led me to draw much more on Lenore Skenazy's work. Now, I'd moved to New York in 2011 with my wife. Our kids were very young then. We met Lenore socially and we read her book, Free Range Kids. And so we used that to help us raise our kids. And I know you and Kristen, I read that amazing story about you guys at Tivoli Gardens. I want you to tell that story.

Coddling means overprotection. And that led me to draw much more on Lenore Skenazy's work. Now, I'd moved to New York in 2011 with my wife. Our kids were very young then. We met Lenore socially and we read her book, Free Range Kids. And so we used that to help us raise our kids. And I know you and Kristen, I read that amazing story about you guys at Tivoli Gardens. I want you to tell that story.

Coddling means overprotection. And that led me to draw much more on Lenore Skenazy's work. Now, I'd moved to New York in 2011 with my wife. Our kids were very young then. We met Lenore socially and we read her book, Free Range Kids. And so we used that to help us raise our kids. And I know you and Kristen, I read that amazing story about you guys at Tivoli Gardens. I want you to tell that story.

Oh, no, no, no. I don't know that I have.