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The Coddling of the American Mind How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Greg Lukianoff

New York Times Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising—on campus as well as nationally....

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The guest read this book recently and mostly agreed with its content regarding how society has gone too far in protecting people, though he cautioned against misinterpreting it to mean all wounds are beneficial.

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I came back to the talk this is water by David Foster Wallace which you know I'd heard many years ago because he delivered the talk in 2008 at the graduation of Kenyon College I remember hearing it a...

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The guest read this book recently and mostly agreed with its content regarding how society has gone too far in protecting people, though he cautioned against misinterpreting it to mean all wounds are beneficial.

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I came back to the talk this is water by David Foster Wallace which you know I'd heard many years ago because he delivered the talk in 2008 at the graduation of Kenyon College I remember hearing it a few years later and it resonated but about a year and a half ago I can came back to it and it really resonated

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