#28 - Jonathan Haidt + Singularity: How Social Media Dissolves Society

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Curious Apes

Steven Parton

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With skyrocketing rates of depression, increasing rates of poverty, hostile political radicalism, and so much more, it’s obvious that our modern society is failing us. Unfortunately, we’re struggling to navigate these many personal and social challenges because of a culture that promotes binary thinking (us vs them, black vs white, etc) & influences us to undermine our own well-being. Through controversial freethought, philosophical inquiry, and intellectual rigor, we seek to empower individuals to shape a better world by embracing the challenges and nuances of life's most important questions.

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#28 - Jonathan Haidt + Singularity: How Social Media Dissolves Society

Curious Apes

57 minutes 25 seconds

1 year ago

#28 - Jonathan Haidt + Singularity: How Social Media Dissolves Society

** This is a partnership episode originally recorded in collaboration with ⁠Singularity⁠ **

This week our guest is social psychologist, Jonathan Haidt, who has authored several of my personal favorite books including the Happiness Hypothesis, The Righteous Mind, and the Coddling of the American Mind. We're lucky enough to have Jon join us to discuss his just released Atlantic article entitled, '⁠Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid⁠,' which explores his upcoming book about social media.

In this episode we discuss the key points of this article, exploring what dynamics shifted in American life as a result of social media and the resulting impacts on our children’s mental health, on our politics, and on the fabric of society itself.

Visit ⁠TheCoddling.com⁠ or⁠ LetGrow.org⁠ for more information on raising and mentoring Gen-Z kids to be less anxious and depressed.

And if you wish to learn more about viewpoint diversity in academia, visit ⁠Heterodoxacademy.org⁠

Host:⁠ Steven Parton⁠ -⁠ LinkedIn⁠ /⁠ Twitter⁠