Baker, Erik. “Trump’s Darwinian America.” Harper’s Magazine, July 2025. https://harpers.org/archive/2025/07/trumps-darwinian-america-erik-baker/.
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- Apr 2024
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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The True Cost of the Churchgoing Bust by [[Derek Thompson]]
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- Aug 2023
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docdrop.org docdrop.org
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others have demonstrated, for instance, Professors Haidt and Keltner, have told us that people feel small but connected to the world. And their prosocial behavior increases, because they feel an increased affinity towards others. And we've also shown in this study that people have less need for cognitive control. They're more comfortable with uncertainty without having closure.
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- Haidt and Keltner experimental results
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- less need to be in control
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- Feb 2019
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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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reasoning was not enough
This is a pretty lie that we like to tell ourselves, that reasoning and logic are what we allow to guide our choices and actions. Cf. Haidt's The Righteous Mind, where he argues that our gut responses (those not based on logic) come first and reason/rationalizations come second.
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- Sep 2018
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www.nationalreview.com www.nationalreview.com
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Are We Setting a Generation Up for Failure? Part II
Also see Part I of this interview with Jonathan Haidt.
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www.nationalreview.com www.nationalreview.com
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Are We Setting a Generation Up for Failure? Part 1
Also see Part II of this interview with Jonathan Haidt.
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