# Professor Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Coddling of the American Mind," is mentioned

1 Faculty News January 3, 2020 ![The Atlantic logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031336.jpg?itok=T4ciY3Gl)>

Excerpt from [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/01/britain-national-theater-politics-challenges/603973/) -- "[Jonathan Haidt](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) and Greg Lukianoff’s book, The Coddling of the American Mind, warns of the consequences of industries becoming too politically homogeneous: If the police service is full of instinctive authoritarians and academia the exclusive home of liberals, both are likely to become more extreme."

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