How to Make Diverse Democracies Work

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There are no primordial hatreds which are destined to define our lives for ever. What kind of political and social institutions can help us to make those seemingly primordial hateds less salient, less important, less destructive? The big question i will hope to swer in the remainder of these little monologues isWhat set of norms and institutions can encourage the angels of our nature? It's the starting point for the ection on how to make diverse democracies work.

One of the world’s most influential social psychologists, a professor of ethical leadership at NYU's Stern School of Business, and a member of Persuasion's Board of Advisors, Jonathan Haidt is the author of The Righteous Mind and, with Greg Lukianoff, co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind. Haidt recently wrote a much-read feature in The Atlantic entitled “After Babel.”

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt discuss how we can make social media less toxic, what political and technological reforms might help fix the problem, and how we can empower the moderate majority to fight for its values.

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