The Coddling of the American Mind Summary of Key Points
In this book, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigate the rising trend of anxiety, depression, and suicide among students and young adults. They suggest that this growing fragility is associated with the culture of safetyism and overprotection, which interferes with young people’s ability to grow, learn, and become resilient adults. They argue that this situation is affecting the American universities, where they feel that free speech and intellectual diversity are being undermined.