The Psychology of a Pandemic, and How to be Anti-Fragile, with Dr. Jonathan Haidt

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 22 March 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Best selling author Dr. Jonathan Haidt joins us to discuss the psychology of America’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic and how to build resilience and thrive in this volatile, uncertain world. Along the way we explore the rise of micro aggression and “safetyism” on campuses, the moral roots of conservatives and liberals, the increasingly toxic polarization on social media and college campuses, and the implications for our democracy.

Dr. Haidt is a professor of social psychology at NYU-Stern and author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. He is also the co-founder of HeterodoxAcademy.org, a collaboration among nearly 2500 professors who are working to increase viewpoint diversity and freedom of inquiry in universities.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	But all men are created.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.8	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.5	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:15.9	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.8	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.3	Hey everybody, welcome back and we've got a very special episode today.
0:28.4	We have with us Dr. Jonathan Height.
0:30.8	He is a social psychologist at New York University's Stir in School of Business.
0:36.3	I've been looking at Dr. Height's work for quite a while.
0:40.3	His book The Righteous Mind.
0:41.9	Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion.
0:45.2	Is one of my personal favorites.
0:46.7	And one of his newest books, The Coddling of the American Mind.
0:49.6	How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up A Generation for Failure.
0:54.0	That was also co-authored by Greg Lukyanov.
0:57.5	These are excellent books.
0:58.5	I would highly recommend them.
0:59.9	And Dr. Height's work on moral psychology and as it relates to business ethics,
1:05.3	is incredibly illuminating.
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