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The Coddling of the American Mind

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Author
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Published
2018
Pages
352
Recommended
3 times
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Why it’s on the list: Lukianoff and Haidt’s argument that three “Great Untruths” — fragility, emotional reasoning, and us-vs-them thinking — are miseducating a generation, with consequences for free speech and resilience.

Where I heard about it

  • Spotted at Amazon Books at Washington Square, Tigard — November 2021 (Books photo album)

  • Spotted at Powell’s City of Books, Portland — August 2026 (Books photo album)

  • A September 2021 conversation — recommended during a discussion of secularism, autonomy and the Creator Economy.

Connections

  • Greg Lukianoff — co-author
  • Jonathan Haidt — co-author

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