Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says America is in trouble.
He sees it on college campuses and through social media.
Haidt joins Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss democracy, social media and how to fix America's 'ailing' institutions.
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| 1:08.0 | This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 1:11.0 | American politics has often been an arena for angry minds. |
| 1:17.5 | So wrote, the prize-winning historian Richard Hofstadter back in 1964 |
| 1:23.0 | and his legendary essay, The Paranoid Style in American Politics. |
| 1:28.0 | Well, in 2022, social scientist Jonathan Height looks across American politics and civil society. |
| 1:36.0 | And he sees something more from the far right to the far left. |
| 1:41.0 | He sees that same arena for angry minds. |
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