The Coddling of the American Mind

2023
1h 33m

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6.8/10

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The Coddling of the American Mind (2023)

Through the eyes of students from different universities, the film reveals how group-think, fear of cancellation, and race and gender-based orthodoxies that dominate campus life contribute to intellectual and emotional fragility, and undermine a university's core mission of knowledge-seeking in a culture of free and open debate.

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Campus group think, cancel culture, and race/gender orthodoxies foster intellectual fragility and hinder universities' mission of open debate and knowledge-seeking, as seen through students'... Read allCampus group think, cancel culture, and race/gender orthodoxies foster intellectual fragility and hinder universities' mission of open debate and knowledge-seeking, as seen through students' experiences.Campus group think, cancel culture, and race/gender orthodoxies foster intellectual fragility and hinder universities' mission of open debate and knowledge-seeking, as seen through students' experiences.

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Jonathan Haidt

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9/10

Great doc: funny, infuriating and well produced

This film was screened on my college campus in mid May. I'd read the book and was curious how it would look in documentary form. The filmmakers did a good job in explaining the basic message but having actual students tell their personal stories is what makes the film especially interesting.

The students who appear are incredibly articulate, perceptive and funny and do a great job of describing the abominations inflicted by current academia. The books authors--Lukianoff and Haidt-- also appear and explain further how identity politics have turned students into emotional basketcases.

I highly recommend this movie.