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The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt ISBN 9780241647660
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Jonathan Haidt ISBN 9780241647660
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This book by Jonathan Haidt has come up 6 times across 4 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Diary of a CEO, Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Chris Sacca, Derren Brown, Jonathan Haidt, Scott Galloway. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2024-03-19 and the most recent from 2026-02-16. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (pronounced "height") lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults.
“Because I wrote a whole book called The Anxious Generation, focusing on teen mental health.”— Jonathan Haidt
The guest here is Jonathan Haidt and Aditi Nerurkar: Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation, whose work has driven social-media age-limit laws worldwide. Aditi Nerurkar is a Harvard physician specializing in stress, burnout and mental health, author of The Five Resets and the forthcoming Bot Brain. A social psychologist and a Harvard physician argue short-form video and AI chatbots are rewiring our brains, and we can fight back.
“ready book list yeah you didn't ask me well I did for your syllabus but you dodged and gave me poetry anxious generation and coddling of American mind”— Chris Sacca
The guest here is Chris Sacca: Billionaire venture capitalist, early backer of Twitter and Uber, founder of climate fund Lower Carbon Capital, and former Shark Tank investor. Chris Sacca on raising resilient kids, saying no, the analog-craving backlash to AI, and betting on clean energy and community.
“I've just finished his book The anxious generation which is his last one and often find myself giving those to people”— Derren Brown
The guest here is Derren Brown: British mentalist, illusionist, and author known for psychological TV specials (Sacrifice, The Push, Apocalypse) and books including Happy; began as a university hypnotist and close-up magician. Mentalist Derren Brown unpacks hypnosis, cold reading, skepticism, and making peace with life's difficulty through his shows and books.
“My colleague at NYU wrote this book that's This is the book we wish we'd written. The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt.”— Scott Galloway
The guest here is Scott Galloway: NYU Stern marketing professor, serial entrepreneur, and bestselling author of The Algebra of Wealth. A leading voice on business, finance, and the economic struggles of young men. Scott Galloway lays out his Algebra of Wealth: get diversified, become an owner not an earner, and master the tax game.
“the author of several important bestselling books including the codling of the American mind and more recently the anxious generation how the Great reor IR iring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Dr. Jonathan Haidt: A social psychologist and professor at New York University, and bestselling author of The Coddling of the American Mind and The Anxious Generation. He researches the effects of smartphones and social media on youth development and mental health. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains how the 2010-2015 shift to smartphone-based childhood triggered a teen mental health crisis, and offers four concrete fixes.
“that's why you wrote this the anxious generation how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness”— Jonathan Haidt
The guest here is Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist, NYU Stern professor, and author of The Anxious Generation and The Coddling of the American Mind. Jonathan Haidt argues smartphones and social media rewired childhood, driving a youth mental-health epidemic that we can reverse with four norms.
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