Jonathan haidt, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much, steve. It is a pleasure to have you here. Now, of course, your home base is new york university, across the pond in the United States. Right now, that university along with many others in the us is in ferment, with students occupying certain grounds within the university. Mm hm. Youve written a lot over many years about the intellectual atmosphere on campus in america, so i want to begin by asking you what you make of these protests. So, of course, the right to protest were all in favour of. The key issue for me is intimidation. This is what began in 2015 a change in the nature of campus life, so that people who are making a political point are doing it not with persuasion but with intimidation. And ive done a lot of writing about how it was the arrival of social media that allowed people to intimidate others, threaten any dissenters with mob reactions. So my previous book, the coddling of the american mind, was about this strange
Coming up at the top of the hour is newsday with my colleague steve lai. But first, heres hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. All of us are heavily influenced by the social, cultural and economic environment in which we are raised. As ideas, trends and technologies change, so too do generational traits. And right now there is intense focus on what is happening to generations of young people closer in age to my kids, than to me. Are young adults inclined to be open minded or closed . Are childrens minds being rewired by the ubiquitous smartphone . Well, my guest is the renowned social psychologistjonathan haidt. Are we losing sight of what freedom and curiosity really mean . Jonathan haidt, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much, steve. It is a pleasure to have you here. Now, of course, your home base is new york university, across the pond in the United States. Right now, that university along with many others in the us is in ferment, with students occupying certain groun
Were a conservative state. Weve always been moving in the prolife direction. We should not be we should not be allowing abortions and we certainly shouldnt be providing Abortion Tourism for other states in the south. Its just not right to tell a woman that theres a certain amount of time that you have to make to have an abortion. Its just its not right. Floridas barbaric six week abortion ban goes into effect with dire consequences for women. But setting the stage for a political earthquake in november. Also tonight, Marjorie Taylor greene is now off on her own island with a doomed to fail effort to topple Speaker Mike Johnson who will survive. Embarrassingly with the help of democrats. But we begin tonight with more Campus Unrest Erupting over not just the war in gaza, but over the military Industrial Complex as we know it. More on that in a minute. But first, Last Night A Stunning Scene Unfolded in New York City where the new York Police Department arrested nearly 300 pro Palestinian
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