When I recently scanned through the subscriber email list, I couldn’t help but notice many *.edu email addresses. I also just finished reading The Coddling of the American Mind (good book, bad title). I’m curious—of the subscribers who work or study on college campuses, what’s the ideological climate like? Have things gotten even more extreme since last summer, or are campuses hitting a breaking point? Do you feel free to challenge “the orthodoxy,” as they call it?
Haidt is one of those authors for whom I've read a number of reviews (mostly mixed-to-negative) and never read his books. I've always had the impression that I'd agree with 80% of what he says, but that the 20% disagreement is important when it comes to figuring out what should be done.
Haidt is one of those authors for whom I've read a number of reviews (mostly mixed-to-negative) and never read his books. I've always had the impression that I'd agree with 80% of what he says, but that the 20% disagreement is important when it comes to figuring out what should be done.
Since you have read the book, I'd be curious what you make of this review (in which the author finds himself unexpectedly sympathetic to the book, but still wants to advocate a different set of priorities): https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/million-thoughts-coddling-american-mind