The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt Summary
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How are good intentions destroying an entire generation? "The Coddling of the American Mind" - a New York Times bestseller praised by President Obama - reveals how overprotection and "safetyism" are undermining resilience on college campuses. Learn why Bloomberg ranked it #1 book of 2018.
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The Three Great Untruths Reshaping Young Minds
Imagine walking onto a college campus where students demand protection not just from physical threats but from challenging ideas. Where words are equated with violence and disagreement with harm. How did we arrive here? Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt's investigation began when Lukianoff, having benefited from cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, recognized troubling patterns in campus discourse that mirrored the very cognitive distortions therapists work to dismantle. What if our well-intentioned efforts to protect young minds are actually making them more fragile? The book identifies three "Great Untruths" that have infiltrated our culture: that humans are fragile and must be protected from challenge; that feelings are always reliable guides to reality; and that life is a battle between good people and evil people. These ideas contradict ancient wisdom and modern psychological science, yet they've gained remarkable traction, particularly among the generation born after 1995 (dubbed "iGen"). The consequences extend far beyond campus walls. As these young adults enter the workforce and political life, they bring with them habits of mind that make democratic discourse and collaborative problem-solving increasingly difficult. What's particularly alarming is how these untruths become self-reinforcing - creating exactly the fragility, emotional reasoning, and binary thinking they presuppose.
Antifragility vs. Safetyism: Why Overprotection Weakens Us
Emotional Reasoning and Binary Thinking: The Cognitive Distortions
The Perfect Storm: Six Interacting Trends
Raising Antifragile Children in a Fragile Age
Creating Wiser Universities and Societies
Reclaiming Wisdom in an Age of Outrage
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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