This episode was recorded on June 6th, 2021.
Dr. Peterson, Steven Pinker and Jonathan Haidt sit down to discuss a variety of topics in relation to societies function and creating the most stable systems for humans to function in, primarily by revie…
This episode was recorded on June 6th, 2021.
Dr. Peterson, Steven Pinker and Jonathan Haidt sit down to discuss a variety of topics in relation to societies function and creating the most stable systems for humans to function in, primarily by reviewing the examples history lends us.
Stephen Pinker is a Canadian-born American psychologist who advocated evolutionary explanations for the functions of the brain and thus for language and behavior. His books include the language instinct, How the mind works a blank slate, the better angels of our nature, the sense of style, and Enlightenment Now. His list of achievements, including being on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people today, is quite long and varied.
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His mission is to use research on moral psychology to help people understand each other and to help important social institutions work better. His books include The happiness hypothesis, The righteous mind, the coddling of the American mind.
Follow Steven's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/sapinker
Read Steven Pinker's book:
https://stevenpinker.com/publications/rationality-what-it-why-it-seems-so-scarce-and-why-it-matters
Find more Jonathan Haidt here:
https://www.thecoddling.com/
Read Jonathan's book:
https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224919
Jonathan's most recent essay:
https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-monomania-is-illiberal-and
[0:00] Intro
[00:18] Jordan introduces this week’s guests, Dr. Stephen Pinker and Dr. Jonathan Haidt
[02:47] Catching up with the recent research and endeavors of Jonathan Haidt. Elaborating on the framework of moralism versus true and false when viewing the world.
[07:00] How cognitive biases lead to a more pessimistic view of where the world is headed
[10:30] The problems with the idea of utopia, and its beneficial uses when properly inserted into a society’s belief (religio..
