This book by Yascha Mounk came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
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Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #291
“there's a wonderful book by yasha monk called the great experiment that talks about the difficulty of diversity in democracy”— guest
The guest here is Jonathan Haidt: Social psychologist at NYU's Stern School of Business and author of The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind. He studies moral psychology, polarization, and the effects of social media on teens and democracy. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues a specific viral social-media business model wrecked teen mental health and fractured democracy.
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