Jonathan Haidt
New York, New York, United States
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I'm a social psychologist who was happily conducting basic research on moral psychology…
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Hard Truths About Race on Campus: An essay in The Wall Street Journal with Lee Jussim and a companion piece by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times
Hard Truths About Race on Campus: An essay in The Wall Street Journal with Lee Jussim and a companion piece by Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times
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Ethics and Wall Street: Reactions and Reform
Ethics and Wall Street: Reactions and Reform
By Jonathan Haidt
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Defenders of social media say that there is no evidence that it *causes* mental illness, and that there's only a small correlation. But in fact…
Defenders of social media say that there is no evidence that it *causes* mental illness, and that there's only a small correlation. But in fact…
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Jonathan Haidt and I begin to lay out the evidence that social media is not just a correlate, but can be a cause of depression and anxiety. We…
Jonathan Haidt and I begin to lay out the evidence that social media is not just a correlate, but can be a cause of depression and anxiety. We…
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Experience
Education
Publications
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
Pantheon
An overview of my research on moral psychology, showing how moral psychology and groupishness is essential for understanding politics, religion, and so much else about human societies
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Basic Books
A survey of 10 great truths -- psychological insights discovered by the ancients in both East and West. I examine each one in light of what we now know from the perspective of modern psychology.
Projects
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Heterodox Academy
This is a collaborative project comprised of a politically diverse group of social scientists and other scholars who want to strengthen “viewpoint diversity” in higher education. We have come together to advocate for a more intellectually diverse and heterodox academy.
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Ethical Systems
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This is a collaborative effort among researchers in business and law schools to identify research-backed best practices for designing companies and other organizations so that ethical behavior emerges. It is an alternative to directly teaching ethics, or lecturing people to be ethical -- approaches that have not yet been shown to cause increases in ethical behavior.
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Spanish
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Jewish day schools across the U.S. are setting the standard with phone-free school policies. Yavneh Academy is taking it a step further with their…
Jewish day schools across the U.S. are setting the standard with phone-free school policies. Yavneh Academy is taking it a step further with their…
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From the piece in The Times over the weekend, which put “The Anxious Generation” to the test and validated both my claims: teens are better off with…
From the piece in The Times over the weekend, which put “The Anxious Generation” to the test and validated both my claims: teens are better off with…
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The most dramatic real-world test of “The Anxious Generation” yet done by any journalist was just published by The Times. Decca Aitkenhead arranged…
The most dramatic real-world test of “The Anxious Generation” yet done by any journalist was just published by The Times. Decca Aitkenhead arranged…
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A powerful essay by 25yo writer Freya India on our free Substack, After Babel. Freya argues that what used to be FOMO for previous generations (fear…
A powerful essay by 25yo writer Freya India on our free Substack, After Babel. Freya argues that what used to be FOMO for previous generations (fear…
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Freya India at it again with a home run essay. “For millennials, FOMO meant fear of missing out on what was happening in the real world: physical…
Freya India at it again with a home run essay. “For millennials, FOMO meant fear of missing out on what was happening in the real world: physical…
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You’re invited to The Atlantic Festival, September 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Join us in person or virtually from anywhere. I’m excited to be a part…
You’re invited to The Atlantic Festival, September 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Join us in person or virtually from anywhere. I’m excited to be a part…
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