The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive frenzy" and "jeopardizes their mental health"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
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1. iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us
By: Jean M. Twenge
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today's members of iGen--the children, teens, … read more
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2. The Worry Cure: Seven Steps to Stop Worry from Stopping You
By: Robert L. Leahy
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
You wish you didn't spend as much time worrying as you do, but you just can't seem to help it. Worr… read more
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3. Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry
By: Lenore Skenazy
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
FREE RANGE KIDShas become a national movement, sparked by the incredible response to Lenore Skenazy… read more
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4. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
5. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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6. Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
By: Abigail Shrier
4.14
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
Irreversible Damage is an exploration of a mystery: Why, in the last decade, has the diagnosis "gen… read more
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"Women feel things deeply. We empathize. For good reason, when asked to identify their best friend, most men name their wives; most women name another woman."-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
"For those of you who have ever been an adolescent or attempted the toe-curling, hair-whitening endeavor of raising one—hold your laughter. Resist the urge to squeal out loud at the preposterous notio…"-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
"Nearly every novel problem teenagers face traces itself back to 2007 and the introduction of Steve Jobs’s iPhone. In fact, the explosion in self-harm can be so precisely pinpointed to the introductio…"-Abigail Shrier, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters
7. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
8. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
9. The War on the West
By: Douglas Murray
4.28
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more
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"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
10. Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
By: Peter Attia
4.37
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challeng… read more
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11. Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
By: Adam M. Grant
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times Bestseller“This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes … read more
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12. The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self
By: Michael Easter
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Discover the evolutionary mind and body benefits of living at the edges of your comfort zone and re… read more
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13. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
14. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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15. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
By: Douglas Murray
4.21
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Douglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technol… read more
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16. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more
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"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
17. Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
By: Jean M. Twenge
4.05
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United Stat… read more
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"John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, spoke to hundreds of young people for his 2022 book, Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Sa…"-Jean M. Twenge, Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
18. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
19. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
20. Free-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow
By: Lenore Skenazy
3.95
Format: None pages, Audio CD
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