The Coddling of the American Mind

8:44 AM Subscribe August 11, 2015



The Coddling of the American Mind. "A campus culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by cognitive behavioral therapists as causes of depression and anxiety. The new protectiveness may be teaching students to think pathologically."

This post was deleted for the following reason: We've definitely had some long, difficult discussions about this general topic several times, and I think even one in the last years specifically about Jonathan Haidt's opinions about this stuff; not really sure this is a good enough reason to do it again. -- cortex