![]() ![]() Haidt and Lukianoff investigate the many social trends that have intersected to promote the spread of these untruths. ![]() It makes it harder for them to become autonomous adults who are able to navigate the bumpy road of life. Embracing these untruths-and the resulting culture of safetyism-interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development. These three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and ancient wisdom from many cultures. Social psychologist and NYU Stern Professor, Jonathan Haidt, and co-author, First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff, 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. ![]() ![]() Rates of anxiety, depression and suicide are rising-on campus as well as nationally. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. ![]()
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