The Russell Moore Show - Jonathan Haidt Says Social Media Is Making America Stupid

What the heck has been happening since 2014?

That’s the question that today’s guest—NYU professor, psychologist, and author Jonathan Haidt—has been trying to answer ever since NYU students started to say that certain speakers shouldn’t be allowed on campus. Then came the arrival of safe spaces, discussions of microaggressions, and trigger warnings. What in the world was going on?

On this episode of The Russell Moore Show, Haidt suggests that these cultural shifts—which have rippled far beyond college campuses and into the arts, journalism, and even the church—took place at the time they did for a specific reason: people who had grown up using social media were entering adulthood.

Tune in for a rich conversation on how social media shapes us, and especially how it influences the developing minds of children and adolescents. It's bad news, but the alternative ways of thinking, living, and being that Moore and Haidt propose are full of goodness.

00:00 Opening
01:51 Introducing Jonathan Haidt
03:11 Changes Emerging in 2014
07:44 Origins of Social Media and Tower of Babel
11:52 Spreading Anger
20:39 Liberal and Conservative
25:29 Engaging with Those of Different Perspectives
36:31 Preventing Civil War
44:36 Fear of Failure and Perfectionism
48:16 Depth v. Shallowness

“The Russell Moore Show” is a production of Christianity Today

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Executive Producer and Host: Russell Moore

Director of Podcasts: Mike Cosper

Production Assistance: CoreMedia

Coordinator: Beth Grabenkort

Producer and Audio Mixing: Kevin Duthu

Associate Producer: Abby Perry

Theme Song: “Dusty Delta Day” by Lennon Hutton

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