The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Recommended on The Shawn Ryan Show, most recently on 2026-08-29 — 2 shows, 2 episodes.

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Where it came up

• Modern Wisdom · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 · at 1:10:27 · 2026-08-29

  “That whole anxious generation Jonathan Height thing of like it's not good for kids and there's this kind of you know they think it's social media is as harmful as cigarettes.”Discussed

• The Shawn Ryan Show · Kevin Mandia - Cybersecurity Expert Hunting the World's Most Dangerous Hackers | SRS #328 · at 2:37:15 · 2026-08-06

  “There's a book out. You have kids now, so you're going to have to read these things. You look into the anxious generation.”Recommended

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien Modern Wisdom
• · The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien Modern Wisdom
• · The hero with a thousand facesJoseph Campbell Modern Wisdom
• · The OdysseyΌμηρος Modern Wisdom
• · The epic of GilgameshBenjamin R. Foster Modern Wisdom
• · The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald Modern Wisdom
• · East of EdenJohn Steinbeck Modern Wisdom
• · Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen Modern Wisdom
• · StonerJohn Williams Modern Wisdom
• · Lights outTed Koppel The Shawn Ryan Show
• · The Coddling of the American MindGreg Lukianoff The Shawn Ryan Show

ISBN 9780593655047