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Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt is wrong about social media's affect on teenagers | Illustration: Adani Samat

Social Media

The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Call to Regulate Social Media

Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious mental issues among adolescents, and none have data on both.

Aaron Brown | 4.2.2024 10:45 AM

The book cover of The Anxious Generation, next to a photo of its author, Jonathan Haidt, speaking, with his hands up by his face. | Book cover: Penguin Press | Photo: World Economic Forum

Technology

Blaming Tech for Teen Troubles

Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.26.2024 4:00 PM

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The Soho Forum Debates

Regulate Social Media? Jonathan Haidt Debates Robby Soave

Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU and Reason's Robby Soave debate the harms of social media and what the government should do about it.

Gene Epstein and Robby Soave | 2.24.2022 11:20 AM

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Social Media

Does the Government Need To Fix Social Media? A Soho Forum Debate

Professor Jonathan Haidt of NYU debates Reason's Robby Soave.

Gene Epstein and Robby Soave | 2.24.2022 10:40 AM

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Jonathan Haidt

Jonathan Haidt Wants His Students to Love Dissent—and John Stuart Mill

Brian Doherty | 8.1.2018 12:00 PM

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Jonathan Haidt

Jon Haidt Hopes Libertarians Can Save Us From Coddled Campus Culture

The social psychologist openly admits he wants to create a schism in academia.

Stephanie Slade | 2.18.2017 12:30 PM

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Liberalism

'Identity politics on the Left eventually triggers identity politics on the Right'

And individual liberty loses. So argues New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.

Ronald Bailey | 11.22.2016 3:10 PM

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Socialism

Why Is Socialism So Damned Attractive?

Because evolution wired our brains for it.

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2016 1:30 PM

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Censorship

Victimhood Culture: How Abuse, Bullying, Trauma, Mental Disorders, Addiction, and Prejudice Became Pervasive

Psychological "concept creep" pathologizes everyday experience and encourages a sense of impotent victimhood.

Ronald Bailey | 4.11.2016 3:41 PM

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Microaggression

The Rise of the Culture of Victimhood Explained

Replacing honor and dignity with victimhood

Ronald Bailey | 9.8.2015 1:51 PM

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