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abuse, 25, 26, 175
Adam, 166
Adam Walsh Child Resource Center, 166
Adler, Eric, 198–99
adulthood, 148, 250, 257
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), 175, 176
aggression, 40, 71
in girls versus boys, 155, 161
microaggressions, 40–46, 51, 71, 77, 145, 205, 210, 260
Albright, Madeleine, 48
Alexander, Larry, 107–8
Alexander, Michelle, 74
Algoe, Sara, 159
allergies, 21–22
peanut, 19–21, 23–24, 30, 164, 236, 237
American Academy of Pediatrics, 247
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 92, 216
American Enterprise Institute, 87
American National Election Study, 129
America’s Most Wanted, 166
Antifa, 81, 83, 91
Antifragile (Taleb), 22–23, 164, 170
antifragility, 22–24, 28, 31, 146, 164, 176, 178, 193, 206, 237, 246
anxiety, 5, 12, 24, 30, 33–34, 125, 126, 157, 164
cognitive behavioral therapy and, 7–8, 29
cognitive distortions and, 7–8, 10, 158–59, 161
depression and, 158
in girls versus boys, 149–51, 160
overprotection and, 183
play deprivation and, 183
rates of, 149–51, 157–58, 160, 183, 185
safetyism and, 158
Aristotle, 253
art of association, 191–92, 194, 211
Ashworth, Kevin, 163
Atlantic, 42, 72, 95, 190
“The Coddling of the American Mind” (Lukianoff and Haidt), 10–12, 31, 37, 121, 145, 156, 205
Atomwaffen Division, 133
Axelrod, David, 96
Baby Boom generation, 110, 111, 167, 174
Baehr, Jason, 247–48
Balko, Radley, 74
Barrett, Lisa Feldman, 95
Beck, Aaron, 36–37
Beck, Glenn, 132
Bell Curve, The (Herrnstein and Murray), 87
Berenstain, Nora, 105
Bergen Community College, 201
Bergesen, Albert, 100–103, 105–7, 119
Berkeley, University of California at, 12, 81–87, 90, 94, 120
bias reporting systems, 204–6, 212
Big Sort, The: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart (Bishop), 130
Bilge, Sirma, 68
Bill of Rights, 222–23
Bishop, Bill, 130
Black Lives Matter (BLM), 75, 88, 133, 134
Black Swan, The (Taleb), 22
blaming, 38, 39, 278
Bloom, Paul, 218
Boethius, 34, 35
Bond, Sarah, 136–37
brain, 153, 181–84, 193, 194
Breitbart News, 81
Bridges, George, 115–17, 119, 198
Brookings Institution, 86
Brown, Stacy, 116, 118–19
Brown University, 26–28, 70, 259
Bruni, Frank, 190
Buddha, ix, 34, 35, 60, 95, 241
bullying, 25, 26, 246
call-out culture, 5, 10, 71–73, 77, 86, 158
Cambridge Analytica, 265
Campbell, Bradley, 209, 210
Carlson, Tucker, 118, 133, 134
Carter, Jimmy, 224
catastrophizing, 38, 50, 84–85, 89, 145, 190, 201, 212, 277
Center for Collegiate Mental Health, 156
Centers for Disease Control, 190
charitable interpretations, see principle of charity
Charleston church shooting, 139
Charlottesville rally, 90–92, 94, 97, 139
Chicago Statement on Principles of Free Expression, 255–56, 268, 279–81
Chinese Cultural Revolution, 100–102
children
academic and career pressures on, 174, 235, 236
adversity and, 175–76
books for, 172
cognitive behavioral techniques for, 241–42
community of, 239–40
conflict resolution and disagreement skills in, 191–92, 194, 211, 212, 240, 248, 258–60
democracy and, 191–94
and fear of strangers and abduction, 165–67, 178, 186, 194, 235, 238
mindfulness and, 242
phones and, see phones
play and, see play
school and, see school
sleep and, 250
structured lives of, 188–89, 246
suggestions for, 235–51
summer camps for, 240
wisdom and, 235–51
year of service or work after high school, 250–51, 257
see also parenting
Christakis, Erika, 56–57, 71, 102–3, 127, 165, 187, 188, 210–11, 240
Christakis, Nicholas, 56–57, 127
Chronicle of Higher Education, 208
Chua, Amy, 267
Ciccariello-Maher, George, 135
civil rights laws, 206, 207
civil rights movement, 60–61, 65, 67, 84, 216, 221, 222, 230
Claremont McKenna College (CMC), 53–55, 88–90, 102–3, 120, 134, 175
Clark, Jenna, 159
Clinton, Bill, 222, 224
coddling, use of word, 13–14
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 3, 7–9, 14, 29, 51, 95, 144–45, 196, 259
Boethius and, 34–36
children and, 241–42
effectiveness of, 37
how to do, 275–78
as microaggression, 42
cognitive distortions, 7–10, 14, 36–40, 50, 84–85, 89, 144–45, 196–97, 212, 259
anxiety and, 7–8, 10, 158–59, 161
categories of, 37–38, 277–78
depression and, 7–8, 10, 36–37, 150, 158–59, 161
parenting and, 177–78
safetyism and, 177–78
see also emotional reasoning
college campuses, see universities
Collins, Patricia Hill, 68
Collins, Richard, III, 139
Columbia University, 6, 7, 40, 255
Coming Apart (Murray), 87
Common Core, 188
common-enemy identity politics, 62–67, 71–73, 76, 77, 89–90, 119–20, 244
common-humanity identity politics, 60–62, 74–76, 221, 244
Common Sense Media, 249
concept creep, 24–27, 31–32, 105, 150, 205
harassment and, 206–9
safety and, 24–25, 27, 259
trauma and, 25–26
violence and, 85–86
confirmation bias, 109, 131, 258, 259
conflict resolution and disagreement skills, 191–92, 194, 211, 212, 240, 248, 258–60
Congress, 131
Consolation of Philosophy, The (Boethius), 34, 35
Constitution, U.S., 222–23
Cooper, Harris, 185, 245
correlation:
causation and, 227–29, 231–32
spurious, 152, 228
Coulter, Ann, 83
Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams, 67–68, 71, 221
Crick, Nicki, 155
crime, 167, 186, 238, 266
criminal justice system, 74
critical thinking, 39, 113, 259
CYA (Cover Your Ass), 203, 21
1, 212
Daily Californian, 84
Dalai Lama, 267
Day of Absence, 114–15
Deaner, Robert, 225
debate clubs, 248
democracy, 66, 191–94, 222–23, 254
Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 195
Democrats, 129–31, 213, 216
see also politics
Department of Education, 207
Department of Justice, 207
depression, 5, 12, 24, 30, 125, 126, 143, 157, 164, 250
activities correlated with, 152–53
anxiety and, 158
cognitive behavioral therapy and, 7–8
cognitive distortions and, 7–8, 10, 36–37, 150, 158–59, 161
first-person account of, 143–44
in girls versus boys, 149–51, 160
play deprivation and, 183
rates of, 149–50, 157–58, 160, 183, 185
safetyism and, 158
see also suicide
Depression, Great, 130
Deresiewicz, William, 189
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 25
dichotomous thinking, 38, 39, 50, 85, 89, 145, 177, 277
dignity culture, 209–10
disconfirm, inability to, 278
disconfirmation, institutionalized, 109, 110, 229
discounting positives, 38, 177, 277
distributive justice, 217–21, 227, 230, 231
Dolezal, Rachel, 104
Dreger, Alice, 254–55
Drexel University, 135, 202
Duckworth, Angela, 190
Duke, Annie, 248–49
Durden, Lisa, 134–35
Durkheim, Emile, 100, 102, 103, 106–8, 113–15, 120
Eady, Trent, 73
Eagleman, David, 58
Ebner, Julia, 266–67
economy, 13, 152
education:
purpose of, 254
see also school; universities
emotional reactivity, 95–96
emotional reasoning, 3, 4, 33–51, 119, 177, 202, 208, 212, 241, 247, 259, 278
disinvitations of speakers and, 47–51
microaggressions and, 40–46
“see something, say something” and, 203–4
subjective standards and, 25–26
Enlightenment Now (Pinker), 264
Epictetus, 33, 34, 50
equality:
absolute, 65
distributive justice and, 218
fairness and, 218
equal-outcomes social justice, 223–27, 230, 231
equity theory, 218–20, 226, 227, 231
Essex County College, 134–35
Evergreen State College, 114–21, 133, 198
EverydayFeminism.com, 44
Excellent Sheep (Deresiewicz), 189
exclusion, 246–47
experience-expectant development, 182–84
fairness, 217–18, 222
equity theory and, 218–20, 226, 227, 231
procedural justice and, 219
see also justice
Fall of the Faculty, The: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters (Ginsberg), 198
Facebook, 49, 55, 105, 107, 130, 146–47, 207, 265
fascism, 86, 89, 92
FBI, 138, 166, 261
feminism, 49, 94, 104, 105, 107, 208
filter bubble, 130–31
First Amendment, 5, 64, 82, 116, 138, 200–201, 256
forbidden base rates, 229
fortune-telling, 89, 277
Foster, Karith, 44–45, 51, 55
Foucault, Michel, 69
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), 5, 47, 64, 74, 94, 135, 145, 200, 202, 204, 216, 255
Fox News, 118, 133–35
fragility, 2–4, 9, 14, 19–32, 119, 170, 171, 177, 196, 202, 212, 236, 258–59
antifragility, 22–24, 28, 31, 146, 164, 176, 178, 193, 206, 237, 246
see also safetyism
Franklin, Benjamin, 269
Free-Range Kids movement, 164, 211, 238
free-range parenting bill, 266
free speech, 5–6, 31, 65, 84, 138, 200–203, 207, 212, 251
Chicago Statement on Principles of Free Expression, 255–56, 268, 279–81
First Amendment and, 5, 64, 82, 116, 138, 200–201, 256
free speech zones, 202–3
and responding to pressure campaigns and outrage, 256–57
speech codes, 207, 256
Friedersdorf, Conor, 72
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Taylor), 135
Galileo’s Middle Finger (Dreger), 254–55
Game of Thrones, 201
Gandhi, Mahatma, 98
gap year, 250–51, 257
Gastañaga, Claire Guthrie, 92
Gawker, 228
Gelman, Andrew, 213, 214
gender pronouns, 24–25
General Motors (GM), 67
Generation X, 167, 174, 184–85
Generation Z, see iGen
genes, 182
Ghitza, Yair, 213, 214
Gibson, William, 9–10
Gingrich, Newt, 131
Ginsberg, Benjamin, 198
good people versus evil; us versus them, 3–4, 14, 53–77, 85, 90, 92, 119–20, 132, 177, 206, 243–44, 247, 259–60
see also groups
Gopnik, Alison, 21, 24
Grant, Adam, 240
Gray, Hanna Holborn, 50, 51
Gray, Peter, 183–85, 190–91, 193–94, 238
Greatest Generation, 110
Greek statues, 136–37
Green, Melanie, 159
grit, 190
Grit (Duckworth), 190
Gross, Neil, 88
groups, 44, 57–59, 68, 70–71, 76, 100, 120
collective effervescence in, 100, 103
minimal group paradigm, 57–58
moral matrices and, 9, 10
self-segregation in, 130
solidarity in, 108–9
tribalism and, 57–59, 76, 130, 131, 153, 267
us versus them and good people versus evil, 3–4, 14, 53–77, 85, 90, 92, 119–20, 132, 177, 206, 243–44, 247, 259–60
see also identity politics
groupthink, 73, 106, 108, 113, 131
Guinier, Lani, 222
Gulag Archipelago, The (Solzhenitsyn), ix, 243
Gunn, Tommy, 75
Haidt, Max, 19–20
Halloween costumes, 56, 102, 165
Hamid, Shadi, 42–43
Hampshire College, 135
Hannity, Sean, 132
Happiness Hypothesis, The (Haidt), 2, 35
harassment, concept creep and, 206–9
Harvard Law School, 205
Harvard University, 112, 253
Haslam, Nick, 25–26
hate crimes and speech, 86, 94, 126, 138–39
Haymarket riot, 201
Hennessy, Matthew, 49
Heterodox Academy, 248
Heyer, Heather, 91, 139
Heying, Heather, 116, 118
Higher Education Research Institute, 113
Hitler, Adolf, 63, 91
Hoffer, Eric, 99
Holder, Eric, 48
Holland, Stephen, 37
homework, 185–86, 245
honor cultures, 209
Horowitz, David, 83
Horwitz, Steven, 191–92, 211
How to Raise an Adult (Lythcott-Haims), 165
Huo, Yuen, 220
hygiene hypothesis, 21–22
Hypatia: A Jo
urnal of Feminist Philosophy, 104–5
Hyperallergic, 136
Identity Evropa, 136
identity politics, 59–67, 76, 259
common-enemy, 62–67, 71–73, 76, 77, 89–90, 119–20, 244
common-humanity, 60–62, 74–76, 221, 244
positive trends in, 266–67
schools and, 244
iGen, 146–51, 174–75, 178
anxiety and depression in, see anxiety; depression
college and, 31, 145, 148, 156–59, 174–75, 185
play and, 185
politics and, 213, 214
safetyism and, 30–31, 156, 158, 161
iGen (Twenge), 30–31, 146–49, 152–54, 159
immune system, 21–22, 164
Importance of Being Little, The (Christakis), 165
“In Defense of Transracialism” (Tuvel), 104–7, 121
institutionalized disconfirmation, 109, 110, 229
intellectual humility, 244, 247
intellectual virtues, 247, 258
Intellectual Virtues Academy, 247–48
intent, 51, 86, 104–5
charitability in interpreting, 42, 51, 55, 243–44, 260
impact versus, 43–44, 46
microaggression theory and, 40–46, 51, 71, 77
internet, 237, 241
see also social media
intersectionality, 67–69, 71, 76–77, 90
intimidation, 14, 81–98
intuitive justice, 217–21
distributive, 217–21, 227, 230, 231
procedural, 217, 219–22, 227, 230, 231
Islamist extremists, 266–67
Iyengar, Shanto, 130–32
Jacksonville State University, 202
Jandhyala, Pranav, 82
Jenner, Caitlyn, 104, 105, 205–6
Jennings, John, 82
Jensen, Mike, 205–6
Jews, 63, 90, 126
Jim Crow laws, 221
Johnson, Samuel, 269
Jones, Van, 96–98, 192, 259
judgment focus, 278
justice, 217–21, 223, 254
distributive, 217–21, 227, 230, 231
intuitive, 217–21
procedural, 217, 219–22, 227, 230, 231
see also social justice
Kabat-Zinn, Jon, 242
Kaiser, Sandra, 133
Kerr, Clark, 197
kindergarten, 185, 187–88
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 60–62, 75, 76, 98
Kipnis, Laura, 208–10
Krupenkin, Masha, 130–32
Ku Klux Klan, 12, 90, 91, 207
Kuran, Timur, 267
labeling, 38, 39, 50, 89, 145, 150, 277
LaFreniere, Peter, 181
Lagarde, Christine, 48
language development, 182
Lareau, Annette, 173–75, 179, 235
Las Vegas shooting, 12
law education, 205
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