Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Review of “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” by Jonathan Haidt. Penguin Press, 2024.

Books mentioned in this video:

- The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt youtu.be/Wgoxgwt5HWs
- Hold On to Your Kids by Gabor Maté & Gordon Neufeld youtu.be/_iiQijwfTdU
- Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
- In the Swarm: Digital Prospects by Byung-Chul Han youtu.be/uO_pYik1r-w
- Byung-Chul Han: A Critical Introduction by Knepper, Stoneman, & Wyllie youtu.be/oXEw-UVCgYk
- Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse youtu.be/VBnNyg5mwLw
- Experimental Psychology and Human Agency by Davood Gozli
- The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Muller youtu.be/sPVKHZqiJsw
- Tragedy by Terry Eagleton
- The Death of Tragedy by George Steiner
- The Disappearance of Ritual by Byung-Chul Han
- Individualism: Old and New by John Dewey
- Freedom and Culture by John Dewey
- The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté youtu.be/BNemoxXF1bw?si=htBN-qgaC05Hq6uY

Content:
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Remembering "The Righteous Mind"
02:59 - Turning to "The Anxious Generation"
05:53 - Key Concepts in the Book
07:50 - The Great Rewiring of Childhood
11:24 - The Nomos of the Earth (Carl Schmitt & Byung-Chul Han)
15:25 - On Play
23:30 - Four Problems Identified by Haidt
27:53 - Relevant dichotomies and distinctions
30:14 - Community, Ritual, & Political Action
31:53 - Rules Proposed by Haidt
32:45 - Critical Notes
38:09 - Recommended Reading
40:35 - Almost said "Like & Subscribe"

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