Jonathan Haidt’s “Stupid America”

Is America really getting stupider? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt makes the case in his influential essay in The Atlantic Magazine titled “Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid”. I challenge his thesis from an integral perspective. Growing from a cultural conversation dominated by a modern worldview to one where many perspectives are online may feel like going backward (kind of like a sweet 12-year-old becoming a sour 13-year-old). But every new stage of development looks like a regression to the stage it is emerging out of. In this episode I make my case. Enjoy!

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Jonathan Haidt’s “Stupid America” is an episode from The Daily Evolver by Jeff Salzman.

This episode is 38:26 long.

This episode was published on Nov 22, 2023.

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