Jonathan Haidt describes the current generation of college students who are "really different" from previous generations, driven by their desire for censorship and a misguided sense of "diversity & inclusion". He also describes the downward spiral of elite universities that continue to cater to the demands of political correctness and outrage culture.

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Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. He is author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, and The Happiness Hypothesis.

He co-authored (with Greg Lukianoff of FIRE) an influential article in the September 2015 issue of The Atlantic, entitled "The Coddling of the American Mind": http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a...

He also runs Heterodox Academy which promotes viewpoint diversity at universities. http://heterodoxacademy.org

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