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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 Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Nelson referenced The Coddling of the American Mind as a book about cancel culture and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy to manage anxiety, noting its arguments about interpreting events generously.

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I take a book I read a few years ago by John Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called The Coddling of the American Mind. And they have throughout at this argument, that cognitive behavioral therapy is a pretty...

— Episode: Let's Talk About the Anxiety Freedom Can...

Episode: Let's Talk About the Anxiety Freedom Can Cause

Nelson referenced The Coddling of the American Mind as a book about cancel culture and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy to manage anxiety, noting its arguments about interpreting events generously.

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I take a book I read a few years ago by John Haidt and Greg Lukianoff called The Coddling of the American Mind. And they have throughout at this argument, that cognitive behavioral therapy is a pretty effective way of helping people manage everyday anxiety.

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