Jonathan Haidt – After Babel
The Glenn Show | Glenn Loury and Jonathan Haidt
A conversation between FAIR Advisor Glenn Loury and Heterodox Academy co-founder, NYU psychologist, and co-author of Coddling of the American Mind, Jonathan Haidt. The two discuss ideas within Haidt’s recent Atlantic piece, Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid. They discuss Haidt’s concept of “structural stupidity” within the Republican party and leftwing institutions, the enormous influence of social media on Gen Z and groupthink, and the role of religion (or lack thereof) in heterodox thinking.
After Babel minute markers from Glenn’s Substack:
0:00 Glenn asks: Is Jon’s heterodoxy insufficiently pugilistic?
5:23 Jon’s theory of social media-driven “structural stupidity”
16:18 Do the Republican Party’s structural flaws negate its policies?
26:53 The rise of social media and the disappearance of free play for kids
35:42 Race, trans issues, and the future of the country
45:34 Why are economists uniquely heterodox thinkers in the academy?
48:08 What fills the “God-shaped hole” in the hearts of putatively secular Americans?
Excerpt from After Babel: How Diverse Should Viewpoint Diversity Be?
Related:
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid (Jonathan Haidt, Atlantic, 4/11/22)
The Fracturing of the American Mind featuring Jonathan Haidt and Guests (Conversations with Coleman, 5/27/22)
