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The last 10 years in America have been "uniquely stupid," social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says.
And Haidt is laying the blame squarely on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
In a recent essay in The Atlantic, Haidt wrote that it was not Americans who were getting stupid as individuals; rather USA’s institutions.
Haidt, who is professor of ethical leadership at NYU-Stern, argues that social media is allowing people to intimidate others and make them afraid of public consequences for anything they say. And that makes institutions structurally stupid, because people have stopped dissenting, questioning and challenging.
All seemed well until about 2014, he says.
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The last 10 years in America have been "uniquely stupid," social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says.
And Haidt is laying the blame squarely on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
In a recent essay in The Atlantic, Haidt wrote that it was not Americans who were getting stupid as individuals; rather USA’s institutions.
Haidt, who is professor of ethical leadership at NYU-Stern, argues that social media is allowing people to intimidate others and make them afraid of public consequences for anything they say. And that makes institutions structurally stupid, because people have stopped dissenting, questioning and challenging.
All seemed well until about 2014, he says.
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The reason why America has become 'uniquely stupid'
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says he knows why the last 10 years in America have been "uniquely stupid". Perhaps unsurprisingly, he lays the blame squarely on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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