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Social psychologist at NYU-Stern. Author of The Righteous Mind. Reflections on how social & moral psychology can improve companies, universities, and societies.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    31 Dec 2018

    New Year’s resolutions for a world choking on outrage: I will give less offense (i.e., be more polite) I will take less offense (i.e., give others the benefit of the doubt) I will pass on less offense (i.e., not be the sort of retweeter Russian trolls want me to be)

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  2. Why the growing practice of requiring all professors at a university to submit a "diversity statement" to get hired or promoted is a bad idea; it opens the door to ideological litmus tests. By , former dean of Harvard Med School.

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  4. Yes, advice, for college students and their parents and teachers, is the best advice I've ever heard for the helping students grow strong. It's even more powerful when you see him speaking those words:

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  5. Jan 2

    For teachers and k-12 administrators... my conversation with about implications of for education

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  6. Jan 2

    To be clear about the title of the interview, below: I believe my kids will become stronger and smarter if they read widely and are exposed to offensive ideas and books, rather than being protected from them.

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  7. Jan 1

    Kids become ready for some independence at age 4, as Peter Gray shows here. When we deny them independence till 12, we deprive them of 8 years of preparation for adulthood.

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    31 Dec 2018

    For me, most unifying moments of 2018 were remembering the lives of 4 great Americans, Barbara, GHW Bush, Aretha & McCain. The worst moments were mass shootings in Parkland, Thousand Oaks & Pittsburgh. I hope all serve to remind me life is fleeting. We should try to live it well.

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    Quite the photo with this story on the soaring OD numbers in Maryland. That's two parents listening to the heart transplanted from their 23-year-old son. ht://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-md-overdose-deaths-2018-story.html

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  10. 31 Dec 2018

    Thank you . Yes, spoke beautifully and often about the importance of exposure to viewpoint diversity as part of a liberal arts education:

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  11. 31 Dec 2018

    Here's our end-of-year letter at . Azish Filabi and I describe some positive trends in business ethics in 2018, along with new challenges to businesses from political polarization, and what we'll be doing in 2019:

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    Whatever one’s position on immigration, every thinking person should be able to agree that no individual story—and especially no atypical individual story— “destroys” *any* narrative.

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  13. Retweeted
    26 Dec 2018

    In these crazy times, it's worth being reminded some things are actually going right. Good list from & . Also, 2018 brought criminal justice reform here in the US. An extraordinary achievement.

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  14. 26 Dec 2018

    Well put, Cass. And let me add to 's list of virtues: courage.

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    26 Dec 2018

    Parents feel they MUST "intensively parent" their kids -- enrolling them in classes, playing with/teaching them non-stop, filling all empty hours with "enrichment," says . WE say say some unstructured, unsupervised time is key.

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    THE debate of the past years has been: Do populists damage democracy? Or are they a healthy corrective? Until now, nobody has answered these questions on the basis of a comprehensive global dataset. and I set out to change that. [THREAD.]

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  17. 26 Dec 2018

    Three ethical questions, for and other international consulting firms that may be inadvertently contributing to human rights violations. From my colleague :

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  18. 24 Dec 2018

    Here is another gem:

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  19. 24 Dec 2018

    If you are interested in the EU and its challenges, I urge you to read this important essay by Mark Lilla. It gives the most succinct description of the moral vision of a part of the French right. It is a guide to moral faultlines throughout the EU

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  20. 23 Dec 2018

    Mis dos últimos libros saldrán pronto a España. (Righteous Mind en enero; The Coddling en mayo.) Aquí es una entrevista en la que converso sobre ambos, y por qué la psicología moral es importante en todas las democracias.

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