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<p><img src="https://thumbnails.lbry.com/4tAQM5uU8uk" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Enlightenment and the Righteous Mind | Steven Pinker & Jonathan Haidt | The JBP Podcast S4: E52" /></p>This episode was recorded on June 6th, 2021.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Follow Steven's Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/sapinker<br /><br />Read Steven Pinker's book:<br />https://stevenpinker.com/publications/rationality-what-it-why-it-seems-so-scarce-and-why-it-matters<br /><br />Find more Jonathan Haidt here:<br />https://www.thecoddling.com/<br /><br />Read Jonathan's book:<br />https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224919<br /><br />Jonathan's most recent essay:<br />https://www.persuasion.community/p/haidt-monomania-is-illiberal-and<br /><br />[0:00] Intro<br />[00:18] Jordan introduces this week’s guests, Dr. Stephen Pinker and Dr. Jonathan Haidt<br />[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.<br />[07:00] How cognitive biases lead to a more pessimistic view of where the world is headed<br />[10:30] The problems with the idea of utopia, and its beneficial uses when properly inserted into a society’s belief (religious) structure.<br />[18:00] examining the role that a group religion plays to bring people together.<br />[24:30] Jordan highlights the role he believes Christianity had in turning people’s attention to the evil that lies within us all.<br />[29:30] Reflections on Enlightenment Now, How do you engage people towards the most beneficial set of goals without necessarily using religion as a backbone?<br />[38:00] Is the world we are living in a new frontier based on the expanding influence of the internet and social media on individuals’ decision-making?<br />[48:00] Discussion on the dangers posed by the new world to the endurance of liberal democracies.<br />[56:00] Finding truth in the post-2012 social media revolution.<br />[1:06:00] The rate of change in modern life.<br />[1:07:00] The Righteous Mind, Jonathan Haidt<64><74><br />...<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tAQM5uU8uk |