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Yie Sean Teoh 🧬
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In light of this, I hope we see where our differences come from and find common ground. Paperback: amzn.to/48bJ0AF

Stay tuned: next week I’ll cover *The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure*.
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
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October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The big takeaway: morality both binds and blinds. It unites us into groups but blinds us to other views. This explains America’s divides—and why empathy matters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-_...
Can a divided America heal? | Jonathan Haidt
How can the US recover after the negative, partisan presidential election of 2016? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the morals that form the basis ...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Haidt also explores evolution: humans are “90% chimp, 10% bee.” We evolved not only for survival but for group cohesion. Religion, ritual, and shared morality bound groups together to thrive. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3o...
Jonathan Haidt: How common threats can make common (political) ground
If an asteroid were headed for Earth, we'd all band together and figure out how to stop it, just like in the movies, right? And yet, when faced with major, d...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
He introduces Moral Foundations Theory: Care/Harm, Fairness/Cheating, Loyalty/Betrayal, Authority/Subversion, Sanctity/Degradation, Liberty/Oppression. These “taste buds” shape politics, religion, and culture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MY...
Jonathan Haidt: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence
http://www.ted.com Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ours...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Haidt shows intuition comes first, reasoning second. Our moral judgments are gut‑driven (the elephant), while reasoning (the rider) usually follows after, justifying what we already feel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4...
Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-open...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
These insights shaped Haidt’s later work. Combined with The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, they form his theory of human evolution. Kindle: amzn.to/3IX93RO
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
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October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Haidt’s research shows happiness grows from:
– Strong social bonds
– Purpose beyond the self
– Resilience built through adversity
– Practices like gratitude & meditation
Happiness emerges from the interaction of inner strengths and outer conditions.
October 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM