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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Book of 2024 • A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • One of Barack Obama''s Favorite Books of 2024 • A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2024 • Named a Best Book of 2024 by the Economist, the New York Post, and Town & Country • The Goodreads Choice Award Nonfiction Book of the Year • Finalist for the PEN Literary Awards A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. “With tenacity and candor, Haidt lays out the consequences that have come with allowing kids to drift further into the virtual world . . . While also offering suggestions and solutions that could help protect a new generation of kids.” —Shannon Carlin, TIME, 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (pronounced "height") lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies. Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood. Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes—communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the public health emergency faced by Gen Z. We cannot afford to ignore his findings about protecting our children—and ourselves—from the psychological damage of a phone-based life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The #1 bestselling author of The Anxious Generation and acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike—a “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review). Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If you’re ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind.

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world''s philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives "Wonderfully smart and readable." --Washington Post In The Happiness Hypothesis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt skillfully combines philosophical wisdom and scientific research to explore ten "Great Ideas" that have been discovered by several of the world''s civilizations. In each chapter, Haidt questions a Great Idea in light of what we now know, and extracts from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives, thereby illuminating the causes of human flourishing. Now with a new prologue, The Happiness Hypothesis expertly unravels the world''s philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims--such as "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" and "What doesn''t kill you makes you stronger"--and tackles the eternal question "How can I live a meaningful life?"

New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • A New York Times Notable Book • Bloomberg Best Book of 2018 • One of Bill Gates’s Top Five Books of All Time “Their distinctive contribution to the higher-education debate is to meet safetyism on its own, psychological turf . . . Lukianoff and Haidt tell us that safetyism undermines the freedom of inquiry and speech that are indispensable to universities.” —Jonathan Marks, Commentary “The remedies the book outlines should be considered on college campuses, among parents of current and future students, and by anyone longing for a more sane society.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 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. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Embracing these untruths—and the resulting culture of safetyism—interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life. Lukianoff and Haidt investigate the many social trends that have intersected to promote the spread of these untruths. They explore changes in childhood such as the rise of fearful parenting, the decline of unsupervised, child-directed play, and the new world of social media that has engulfed teenagers in the last decade. They examine changes on campus, including the corporatization of universities and the emergence of new ideas about identity and justice. They situate the conflicts on campus within the context of America’s rapidly rising political polarization and dysfunction. This is a book for anyone who is confused by what is happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live, work, and cooperate across party lines.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by the award-winning phenomenon The Anxious Generation, this new book for kids and tweens is a comprehensive guide for living a happy and exciting life that isn’t hijacked by a smartphone. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year! Jonathan Haidt’s blockbuster book, The Anxious Generation, has sparked a global conversation about the effects of smartphones and social media on young people’s development, and has inspired millions of parents, teachers, and leaders to take action. Now, Haidt and Catherine Price, author of the bestselling How to Break Up with Your Phone, have teamed up to create a new book that speaks directly to kids. Their goal? To empower young people to stand up for themselves by choosing a life not dominated by screens and social media. Whether or not kids already have smartphones or social media accounts, this engaging guide is packed with surprising facts, a graphic novel, interactive challenges, secrets that tech leaders don’t want kids to know, and real-life anecdotes from young adults who regret getting smartphones at a young age and want to help the next generation avoid making the same mistakes. But this isn’t just a book about what not to do. It’s a bold, optimistic, and practical guide to growing into your most authentic, confident, and adventurous self. Readers won’t just discover how to avoid becoming the next Anxious Generation. They’ll learn how to become amazing.

As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has done the seemingly impossible—he has explained the origins of morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the political spectrum. Drawing on twenty-five years of groundbreaking research, Haidt shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and why we need the insights of each if we are to flourish as a nation. Here is the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation and the eternal curse of moralistic aggression, across the political divide and around the world. A Vintage Shorts Selection. An ebook short.

To understand what drives the rift that divides our populace between liberal and conservative, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt has spent twenty-five years examining the moral foundations that undergird and inform two differing world views: the political left and right place different values of importance on order, care, fairness, loyalty, authority, and liberty. From one of our keenest dissectors of moral systems, Why Do They Vote That Way? explains how deeply ingrained moral systems have estranged conservatives and liberals from one another while crossing the political divide in a search for understanding the miracle of human cooperation. A Vintage Shorts Selection. An ebook short.

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Em A Infantilização da Mente Moderna, Greg Lukianoff e Jonathan Haidt investigam a ascensão da nova cultura de «segurança» nas universidades e o seu pernicioso impacto nas novas gerações. Um estranho fenómeno tomou conta dos campus universitários: se, por um lado, os estudantes ditos progressistas proíbem o discurso de professores e políticos, outros há que têm relutância em expor a sua opinião e discuti-la abertamente. Ao mesmo tempo, as taxas de ansiedade, depressão e suicídio dispararam. Greg Lukianoff e Jonathan Haidt demonstram que isso se deve a três conceitos perpetuados no sistema de educação e que os jovens acreditam ser a base para uma visão generosa e inclusiva da educação: 1. O que não nos mata torna-nos mais fracos; 2. Devemos confiar sempre nos nossos sentimentos; 3. A vida é uma batalha entre pessoas boas e pessoas más. Os autores alertam para o impacto da adopção da cultura de «segurança» nas democracias liberais prejudicando não só o desenvolvimento social, emocional e intelectual do indivíduo, mas também comprometendo a perspectiva de construção de uma vida plena e satisfatória. «Lukianoff e Haidt aperceberam-se de algo assustador e sem precedentes: uma geração incapaz de se envolver com ideias que a deixam desconfortável tem um impacto terrível na sociedade, abrindo a porta – tanto à esquerda quanto à direita – a várias formas de autoritarismo.» The New York Times Book Review Um dos melhores livros do ano The New York Times, The Financial Times e London Evening Standard

道德之刃 凝聚人心亦使人目盲 每個人在談到心中視為神聖的目標時，都是目盲得無法視物。 為什麼（自己以外的）每個人都好像是偽君子？ 人類的本質不僅是講道德，同時也愛說教、愛批評、愛論斷，著迷於正義，最後必然會變得自以為是——我是對的，你是錯的——造成二元對立的分裂局面。政治與宗教就是兩大角力場，人們相互打鬥，彷彿世界的命運有賴於我們這方贏得每一場戰役。 社會心理學家強納森．海德特運用了二十五年來在道德心理學領域的開創研究，證明道德判斷並非源於理性，而是源於直覺。我們的心智一分為二，理性的騎象人就是要服侍情緒的大象，騎象人為大象直覺噁心或神聖的事物編造出各種論據理由，從而做出道德判斷。什麼才是合乎正義？以牙還牙、以眼還眼？還是己所不欲、勿施於人？道德的基本原則如同舌頭有六種味覺受體：關懷、公平、忠誠、權威、聖潔與自由，組合成世上林林總總的道德母體。道德母體相近的人走在一起形成團體，我們先天既是自私的黑猩猩，但同時也是「人人為我，我為人人」的蜜蜂，為保蜂巢擊退入侵者，犧牲小我也在所不惜。蜜蜂般的天性促成了利他主義、英雄主義，也帶來了戰爭、種族屠殺⋯⋯。 道德凝聚人心，卻也令人目盲得看不見事實。本書以神經科學、遺傳學、社會心理學、演化模型等的最新研究結果，闡釋人類難以和睦相處的原因。想要瞭解自身、自身的侷限與潛力，那麼就先放下自己的那一套道德主義，運用心理學的技巧，分析大家正在玩的這場遊戲。 大家都應該要自知，自己其實是個自以為是的偽君子。 ■ 《象與騎象人》作者改革道德心理學著作。 ■ 人類的道德、正義感從何而來？ ■ 道德的多樣化為何這麼容易就讓一群好人分裂成幾群互有敵意、又不想相互瞭解的群體？ ■ 自由派和保守派心理特點與道德觀有何不同？為什麼右翼政治人物具有先天優勢，能烹調出選民喜愛的菜餚？ ■ 身處由政治與宗教所引起兩極化的世界，我們其實可運用心理學技巧去掉自己眼中「正義」之刺，使大家融洽相處。 ■ 本書獲以下學會、媒體選為年度好書： 2012年 英國心理學會 The British Psychological Society 《衛報》Guardian（心理學類暢銷書） 《展望》雜誌Prospect Magazine 《子午線》雜誌Meridian Magazine 《商業策略》雜誌Strategy+Business（最佳商業類書籍） 《至善》雜誌Greater Good Magazine 2013年 人格與社會心理學學會The Society of Personality and Social Psychology（媒體書籍大獎） 索卡洛廣場書獎Zócalo Book Prize

In dit boek ontwaart de sociaal psycholoog Jonathan Haidt een pijnlijke paradox: terwijl we onze kinderen in de fysieke wereld meer en meer beschermen, laten we ze in de digitale wereld vogelvrij. Haidt laat zien dat deze ontwikkeling en de opkomst van de iPhone en sociale media hebben geleid tot een enorme stijging in het aantal mentale problemen onder tieners en jongeren. Denk hierbij vooral aan klachten als angststoornissen, depressies en zelfmutilatie. De effecten op de sociale en neurologische ontwikkeling van kinderen zijn schrikbarend. Haidt legt uit waarom sociale media meisjes meer schaden dan jongens en waarom jongens zich terugtrekken uit de echte wereld naar de virtuele wereld, met rampzalige gevolgen voor henzelf, hun families en de samenleving. In ''Generatie angststoornis'', dat bij verschijning in Amerika en Engeland op nummer 1 binnenkwam in de bestsellerlijsten, roept Haidt krachtig op tot collectieve actie. Hij beschrijft concrete stappen die ouders, leraren, scholen, techbedrijven en overheden kunnen nemen om de epidemie van psychische aandoeningen te stoppen en onze kinderen gezond op te laten groeien. ''Het belangrijkste boek van het jaar'' – De Ongelooflijke Podcast ''Essentieel leesvoer'' – Wendy Online ''Jonathan Haidt raakt een open zenuw'' – De Tijd ''Beginpunt van maatschappelijk debat'' – NRC, vier ballen ''Ronkend, met veel onderzoek neergezet'' – WNL op Zondag ''Jonathan Haidt is een moderne profeet, vermomd als psycholoog.'' – Susan Cain ''Een belangrijk nieuw boek.'' – The New York Times ''Iedere ouder moet onmiddellijk stoppen met wat ze doen en dit boek lezen.'' – Johann Hari Winnaar beste non-fictie boek van 2024 - Goodreads ''Natuurlijk beaamt iedereen dat jongeren "niet te veel op de telefoon" moeten zitten, maar nergens wordt zo goed onderbouwt waarom dit zo is, als in dit boek.'' – Hans Loeve van Riemer Boekhandels

Um dos livros mais explosivos do ano, A geração ansiosa investiga o colapso da saúde mental entre os jovens — e oferece um plano urgente para uma infância mais saudável e livre de telas. As crianças e os adolescentes estão em perigo. Desde o início dos anos 2010, as taxas de depressão, ansiedade e outros transtornos mentais têm crescido vertiginosamente nesses grupos. Em A geração ansiosa, o psicólogo social Jonathan Haidt explica as causas dessa epidemia e defende uma infância longe das telas. O autor demonstra como a "infância baseada no brincar" entrou em declínio na década de 1980 e foi substituída pela "infância baseada no celular", acompanhada por uma hiperconectividade que alterou o desenvolvimento social e neurológico dos jovens e tem causado privação de sono, privação social, fragmentação da atenção e vício. Ele também examina por que as redes sociais prejudicam mais as meninas e os motivos que levam os meninos a migrar do mundo real para o virtual, com consequências desastrosas para eles e as pessoas a seu redor. Diante desse cenário catastrófico, Haidt mostra o que pais, professores, escolas, empresas de tecnologia e governos podem fazer na prática para reverter a situação e evitar danos psicológicos ainda mais profundos. Um plano de ação que não podemos nos dar ao luxo de ignorar, porque o que está em jogo não é apenas o bem-estar de nossas crianças, mas da sociedade como um todo.

An investigation into the origins of morality, which turns out to be the basis for religion and politics, explains the American culture wars, and refutes the "New Atheists."