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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 7

    Among the most important books of the decade: The Coddling of the American Mind. Jon Haidt is a pioneer of moral psychology; Greg Lukianoff a champion of free thought. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0735224897/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_s-TKBbDQFTV2P … via @amazon

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      2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        It's also highly readable, gripping, dynamic, and more of a genuine page-turner than most non-fiction.

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      1. Maria Petrova  ✏️‏ @_MariaPetrova Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @JonHaidt @amazon

        What an endorsement! "The Righteous Mind" is one of the 2 most important books I've ever read & I can't wait to dig into this one.

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      2. Kapphaaaaaaahn‏ @kikapp Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        Seems like forming a worldview based on a priori hypothesis-driven selective interpretations of non-replicable research - the hallmark of the pop science genre - is more likely to set people up for failure, but whatevs.

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      3. Lee‏ @leisure3000 Sep 7
        Replying to @kikapp @sapinker @amazon

        Seems like you've made your mind up before reading it.

        0 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
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      1. Greg Lukianoff‏Verified account @glukianoff Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        Thank you!

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      2. Dory Owen‏ @doryowen Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        The "American Mind" is not just on college campuses. Visit a neighborhood tavern to meet the American MAGA mind. Last night I watched one angsty Deplorable clear out an entire bar by picking fights with "libruls" & ranting about fake news. Never seen anything like it.

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      3. Martin Lavin‏ @Real_SF Sep 8
        Replying to @doryowen @sapinker @amazon

        Perspective, and geography, by far the most common intellectual response I get from San Francisco Progressives when I present data from Elightenment Now is "I don't believe that!".

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Dory Owen‏ @doryowen Sep 10
        Replying to @Real_SF @sapinker @amazon

        Right. Termites, grizzly attacks & hurricanes are a problem somewhere but not everywhere. Titling a book "Coddling of the American Mind" and then complaining of campus issues seems a narrow view of America.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Valence Smith‏ @smith_valence Sep 12
        Replying to @doryowen @Real_SF and

        The book is supposed to be about how we raise kids across the board. Isn’t it sad, though, they we are comparing supposedly educated college students to drunk Trump supporters? I used to think educated meant better. I’m beginning to doubt that a bit.

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      2. Victor Rivera  🇵🇷 👻 🎃 👹‏ @cognitivicta Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        Can we read it first before this claim is made

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      3. Happi go lucki‏ @howmanytimes94 Sep 7
        Replying to @cognitivicta @sapinker @amazon

        What, you get to decide what he thinks is an important book? He read it, you should too before you start acting like he's wrong

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Victor Rivera  🇵🇷 👻 🎃 👹‏ @cognitivicta Sep 7
        Replying to @howmanytimes94 @sapinker @amazon

        *we* ma dude

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Happi go lucki‏ @howmanytimes94 Sep 7
        Replying to @cognitivicta @sapinker @amazon

        Oh I didn't realize you were joined at the hip........

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Victor Rivera  🇵🇷 👻 🎃 👹‏ @cognitivicta Sep 7
        Replying to @howmanytimes94 @sapinker @amazon

        Guy chill

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      1. eli rabett‏ @EthonRaptor Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        Somehow they miss the coddling of the rightwingnuts.

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      2. Luke Graham‏ @LukeJGraham Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        I’m torn as to whether I read this first or Enlightenment Now... any suggestions..?

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      3. Tomer Avraham  ⚡️‏ @Tom92949896 Sep 8
        Replying to @LukeJGraham @sapinker @amazon

        https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-21st-Century-Yuval-Harari/dp/0525512179 … Highly recommend. Mind-boggling book.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Luke Graham‏ @LukeJGraham Sep 8
        Replying to @Tom92949896 @sapinker @amazon

        Thanks for recommendation! Loved Sapiens so I’m sure I’ll enjoy this one.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. George Benedik‏ @GBenedik Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @amazon

        You said the same about J. Rich Harris’s book. This books contradicts what Rich Harris says. Now what?

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      3. Luke Graham‏ @LukeJGraham Sep 7
        Replying to @GBenedik @sapinker @amazon

        Ideas can contradict each other and still spark intrigue...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. George Benedik‏ @GBenedik Sep 8
        Replying to @LukeJGraham @sapinker @amazon

        Completely agree. Still, would love Pinker to address this as I don’t really feel competent to make my own mind.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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