I'm Struck by the Extent to Which Americana Leads Don't Hold Strong Beliefs

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i'm struck by the extent to which, first of all, american alits don't seem to hold strong beliefs. And thatis different in other countries. This suggests to me that one of reasons for this is a real ideological weakness,. and that perhaps an ideological strengthening might be response. So i find it very helpful to think about the pre babble world and the post babble word. The pre bable world is everything, let's say 20 14. And everything you're saying makes sense before 20 14. But, as i said in this essay, if god was just bored with stockwells and decided to double the gravitational pull on each other, what we see today would

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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