First He Came for Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones (www.nytimes.com)

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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 72 points 7 months ago

“Left and right are like a gas pedal and brake,” Mr. Haidt continued. “If you have a car with just a gas pedal, just progressive, it’s going to crash in a very predictable way. And if you have a car with just a brake, well, you don’t go anywhere.”

Did anyone make an enlightenedcentrism Lemmy community yet?

[-] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

"Well if too many people get rights and don't have to worry about making rent or their mortgage payment or affording their groceries and generally able to live comfortably then, well, the people will be weak and babies and think they're equal to us normals!"

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Who’s the clutch?

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 7 months ago

I'm the seatbelt latch in the back right seat... I can't quite see from here.

[-] Kadaj21@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He is, just stalling out the bloody car as its only pressed halfway in, rendering it effectively like a brake pedal but there might be some coasting. Maybe. If we’re on an incline.

#Noimsorryididnotreadthearticleithoughtheanogywasfunnybutnowiwilltoseeifmycommentisright

Edit: nvm, paywall. Got 2 sentences in so I’m going with yes, my comment is valid lol

Edit, edit: I’m thinking centrists are the clutch, not necessarily him, unless he’s a centrist. Then also yes. Again. I think. I just woke up from a nap. Might be confused.

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Here’s a link without a paywall: https://archive.is/tS5Tc

[-] BorisBoreUs@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Citizen's United

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 1 points 7 months ago

Who's the gear shifter?

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 months ago

https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/yaai

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 7 months ago

The N.Y.U. professor Jonathan Haidt became a favorite in Silicon Valley for his work on what he called the “coddling” of young people. Now, he has an idea for fixing Gen Z.

Oh, you mean he's an asshole? Stopped reading here.

[-] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 15 points 7 months ago

This man evokes EnlightenedCentrismTM energy. What a joke.

[-] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Do you have the full text of the article? I wasn't able to read it.

[-] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here you go.

[-] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago

I have not read, but the short description tells me what it is about and that's just enough for me.

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago

Toby Shannan, the former chief operating officer of the e-commerce business Shopify, has called on Mr. Haidt for advice on facing ideological battles in the workplace. He said Mr. Haidt got him through a bumpy period in the lead-up to Donald J. Trump’s election in 2016, when some of his employees were fuming about Shopify hosting online swag shops for right-wing groups like Breitbart News. With Mr. Haidt’s counsel, Shopify determined that users could sell merchandise with political commentary, but none with explicit calls to harm.

Ah yes, so long as it's all dogwhistles and not explicitly saying "kill the poors, browns and queers" then it's all good.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 7 months ago

he's good at telling us how to convince our workers it's okay to sell things made by those who hate or want to erase them

Idk why that's a positive

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

To neolibs every sale is a positive, equality is only useful when it generates sales of queerbait products.

[-] Zehzin@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

First he came for cancel culture and I did not speak out...

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Have to say, that cover shot is perfect.

[-] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Even North Korea has smartphones. This moron is flying a little too close to the sun. Of all the terrible things that might actually become law someday, an all out smartphone ban isn't one of them.

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