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Adam, 166
Adam Walsh Child Resource Center, 166
Adler, Eric, 198–99
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE), 175, 176
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
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
“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
Bloom, Paul, 218
Bond, Sarah, 136–37
Breitbart News, 81
Bridges, George, 115–17, 119, 198
Brookings Institution, 86
Brown University, 26–28, 70, 259
Bruni, Frank, 190
Buddha, ix, 34, 35, 60, 95, 241
call-out culture, 5, 10, 71–73, 77, 86, 158
Cambridge Analytica, 265
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 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
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
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
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
correlation:
Coulter, Ann, 83
Crenshaw, Kimberlé Williams, 67–68, 71, 221
Crick, Nicki, 155
criminal justice system, 74
critical thinking, 39, 113, 259
CYA (Cover Your Ass), 203, 211, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Foucault, Michel, 69
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), 5, 47, 64, 74, 94, 135, 145, 200, 202, 204, 216, 255
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
Friedersdorf, Conor, 72
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Taylor), 135
Galileo’s Middle Finger (Dreger), 254–55
Game of Thrones, 201
Gandhi, Mahatma, 98
Gastañaga, Claire Guthrie, 92
Gawker, 228
gender pronouns, 24–25
General Motors (GM), 67
Generation X, 167, 174, 184–85
Generation Z, see iGen
genes, 182
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
Grant, Adam, 240
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
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
Haslam, Nick, 25–26
hate crimes and speech, 86, 94, 126, 138–39
Haymarket riot, 201
Hennessy, Matthew, 49
Heterodox Academy, 248
Higher Education Research Institute, 113
Hoffer, Eric, 99
Holder, Eric, 48
Holland, Stephen, 37
honor cultures, 209
Horowitz, David, 83
How to Raise an Adult (Lythcott-Haims), 165
Huo, Yuen, 220
hygiene hypothesis, 21–22
Hypatia: A Journal 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
anxiety and depression in, see anxiety; depression
college and, 31, 145, 148, 156–59, 174–75, 185
play and, 185
safetyism and, 30–31, 156, 158, 161
iGen (Twenge), 30–31, 146–49, 152–54, 159
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
charitability in interpreting, 42, 51, 55, 243–44, 260
microaggression theory and, 40–46, 51, 71, 77
see also social media
intersectionality, 67–69, 71, 76–77, 90
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
Jim Crow laws, 221
Johnson, Samuel, 269
judgment focus, 278
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
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 60–62, 75, 76, 98
Kipnis, Laura, 208–10
Krupenkin, Masha, 130–32
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
LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy), 20–21
learned helplessness, 158
Licence, 238–39
Levitsky, Steven, 131
Lexington High School, 190
Lilla, Mark, 74–75
Limbaugh, Rush, 132
Louisiana State University (LSU), 199
Lythcott-Haims, Julie, 165, 169–70, 190
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 265
Mac Donald, Heather, 88–89, 126
Maher, Bill, 48
Mao Zedong, 100–101
Marano, Hara Estroff, 170
Marcus Aurelius, 95
Marcuse, Herbert, 64–71
marriage equality, 61–62
Martínez Valdivia, Lucía, 93
matrix, matrices, 9–10
May Day, 201
McChrystal, Stanley, 251
McElroy, Wendy, 26–28
McGinn, Lata, 37
McLaughlin and Associates, 86
McNally, Richard, 29
McNeese State University, 203
McWhorter, John, 86
Meng Tzu (Mencius), 19
mental health, 26, 140, 143–61, 266
of college students, 156–59
in girls versus boys, 149–51, 154–56, 160, 161
and social media and phones, 146–47, 152–56, 159–61, 265
see also anxiety; depression
microaggressions, 40–46, 51, 71, 77, 145, 205, 210, 260
Middlebury College, 12, 87–88, 90, 103, 127
Mill, John Stuart, 248
Millennials, 30, 31, 156, 160, 175, 178, 184–85, 188, 213
Milton, John, 34
mindfulness, 242
mind reading, 38, 41, 212, 277
moral dependency, 209–12
moral judgments, intent versus impact in, 43–44, 46
moral values, 61–62
Morgan, Kathryn Pauly, 68–69
Murray, Charles, 87–88, 103, 127
Murray, Pauli, 61, 62, 75–76, 260
Nader, Ralph, 24
National Association of Social Workers, 220
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 166, 168
Nazis and neo-Nazis, 12, 63, 64, 90–92, 133, 139, 140
negative filtering, 38, 177, 277
negative partisanship, 131–32, 140
Neuromancer (Gibson), 9–10
New Jersey Transit, 203–4
New Jim Crow, The: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Alexander), 74
New Republic, 6
Newsome, Hawk, 75–76
Newton, Isaac, 125
New York, 106
New Yorker, 205
New York Sun, 163
New York Times, 6, 26, 88, 92, 95, 127, 133, 190, 226
New York University (NYU), 204–5
No Child Left Behind, 188
Noonday Demon, The: An Atlas of Depression (Solomon), 143
Northern Michigan University, 200, 211
Northwestern University, 208
Notre Dame vs. the Klan: How the Fighting Irish Defeated the Ku Klux Klan (Tucker), 207
NW Anxiety Institute, 163
Oakton Community College, 201
Obama, Barack, 11, 96, 140, 214
Obama, Malia, 250
Oberlin College, 24–25
Occupy Wall Street, 129
Oliver, Kelly, 106–7
Olivia (Claremont student), 53–55, 175
Once and Future Liberal, The: After Identity Politics (Lilla), 74–75
On Liberty (Mill), 248
oppression, 6, 44, 46, 57, 64, 65, 68–71
Orlando nightclub shooting, 12
Ostrom, Elinor, 191
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis (Putnam), 173–76
overgeneralizing, 38, 39, 50, 277
overprotection, 13
in parenting, 126, 148, 164, 165, 167–72, 183, 201–2, 235, 236, 266
see also fragility; parenting; safetyism
overregulation, 201–3
parenting, 125, 126, 163–79, 192
and actual versus imagined risk, 167–68
and arrest for neglect, 171–72, 266
and assuming capability in children, 237
and child’s walking to places alone, 169–70, 237–39
cognitive distortions and, 177–78
concerted cultivation style of, 173, 174, 176, 179, 235–36
free-range, 164, 211, 238, 266, 268
Let Grow License and, 238–39
natural growth style of, 174, 179
overprotective (helicopter), 126, 148, 164, 165, 167–72, 183, 201–2, 235, 236, 266
prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child, 23, 237–40
risk taking and, 238
school policies and, 245–49
societal pressures and, 171
suggestions for, 235–51
Parker, Sean, 147
Paros, Mike, 118
Paxson, Christina, 27
“Paying the Price for Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois Culture” (Wax and Alexander), 107–8, 121
peanut allergies, 19–21, 23–24, 30, 164, 236, 237
Peck, Don, 10
personalizing, 277
Pew Research Center, 128
phones, 30, 146, 147, 152–54, 159–61, 194, 214
and limiting device time, 249–50
school and, 247
see also social media
free, 183–86, 188, 189, 191, 193–94, 235–37, 245–46, 266
risk and, 183–85, 236, 238, 246
polarization, 121, 125–41, 251, 265
police, attitudes toward, 219–20
political correctness, 46, 94–95, 202
Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations (Chua), 267
politics, 213–14
alt-right, 81, 84, 118, 139, 266
bipartisanship in, 131
birth year and, 213–14
filter bubble and, 130–31
left-wing, 5, 110–13, 126–27, 132–38, 141, 199
negative partisanship in, 131–32
from 1940s to 1980, 130
right-wing, 5, 63, 110–13, 118, 126, 127, 132–38, 141
universities and, 110–13, 121, 126–27, 132–38, 141, 199, 258
see also polarization
Pomona College, 89–90
positives, discounting, 38, 177, 277
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 25, 28–29
intersectionality and, 68
see also racism
Princeton Review, 189
principle of charity, 42, 51, 55, 243–44, 260
privilege, 68–71
problems of progress, 13–14, 170, 264
procedural justice, 217, 219–22, 227, 230, 231
professors:
political perspectives of, 110–13, 121, 258
retraction demands and, 103–4, 107–8, 121
social media and, 137, 141, 201
trust between students and, 205–6, 212
viewpoint solidarity and diversity among, 108–13, 121, 258
proportionality, 217–19, 224, 227
proportional-procedural social justice, 220–23, 231
racism, 6, 42, 44–45, 64, 71, 140
civil rights movement and, 60–61
Halloween costumes and, 56, 102, 165
intimidation and threats, 138–40
Jim Crow laws, 221
white supremacists, 12, 86, 87, 89–91, 94
Rage, The: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far Right Extremism (Ebner), 266–67
rape culture, 26–28
rape law, teaching of, 205
Rational Optimist, The (Ridley), 264–65
Rawls, John, 213
Redelsheimer, Katrina, 82
regret orientation, 278
religion:
American civil, 60–61
rituals in, 100
Renaissance, 136
“Repressive Tolerance” (Marcuse), 65–67
see also politics
rider-and-elephant metaphor, 35, 36, 51, 62
Ridley, Matt, 264–65
Righteous Mind, The: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Haidt), 9
Right on Crime, 74
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces (Balko), 74
actual versus imagined, 167–68
play and, 183–85, 236, 238, 246
see also safety
rituals, 100
Roberts, John, 192–93
Roman statues, 136–37
Roof, Dylann, 139
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 74
safety, 6–7, 9, 14, 24–25, 29–30, 96, 148
and actual versus imagined risk, 167–68
improvements in child safety, 168–69
meaning of, and concept creep, 24–25, 27, 246–47, 259
safetyism, 29–30, 85, 104, 121, 125, 164, 165, 194, 203, 246–47
on campus, 12, 24–26, 96–97, 125, 145–46, 148, 195–212, 268
cognitive distortions and, 177–78
dangers of, 168–71
exclusion and, 246–47
iGen and, 30–31, 156, 158, 161
overprotective parenting, 126, 148, 164, 165, 167–72
safe spaces, 26–31, 96, 145, 210, 259
school and, 236
trigger warnings, 6–7, 24, 28, 29, 31, 145, 210
Salem witch hunts, 99–100
San Bernardino attack, 12
Sanders, Bernie, 213
Savio, Mario, 84
Schill, Michael, 92
school (K–12), 59, 185–89, 194
college admissions and, 189–91, 194, 235, 236, 257–58, 268
debate teaching in, 248
discussions on coursework in, 248
first-grade readiness checklists, 186–87, 238
grades in, 190
ideas for elementary schools, 245–47
ideas for middle schools and high schools, 247–49
identity politics and, 244
influencing policies at, 245–49
phones at, 247
recess at, 245–47
safetyism and, 236
year of service or work between high school and college, 250–51, 257
Schulz, Kathryn, 244
“see something, say something,” 203–4
Seligman, Martin, 158
September 11, 2001, attacks, 200, 203
Service Year Alliance, 251
sexual misconduct and assault, 27
law education and, 205
Shakespeare, William, 34
Shapiro, Ben, 83
Sheskin, Mark, 218
shoulds, 277
Shuchman, Daniel, 238
Shulevitz, Judith, 26–28
Silverglate, Harvey, 74
Simmons, Ruth, 259
Singal, Jesse, 106
Skenazy, Lenore, 163–65, 169, 171, 172, 177, 185, 211, 238
sleep, 250
smartphones, see phones
Smith College, 72
snowballs, and danger, 236
social class:
social justice, 111, 125, 126, 213–32
and correlation as causation, 227–29, 231–32
definition and use of term, 217, 220–21, 223
equal-outcomes, 223–27, 230, 231
major news stories related to, 214–16
proportional-procedural, 220–23, 231
social media, 5, 10, 30, 130, 133, 139, 145, 194, 203, 259
call-out culture and, 71–73
curation and comparisons in, 154–55, 161
Facebook, 49, 55, 105, 107, 130, 146–47, 207, 265
impact on girls, 154–56
and limiting device time, 249–50
mental health and, 146–47, 152–56, 159–61, 265
positive trends in, 265–66
Twitter, 81, 130, 135–37, 147, 265
virtue signaling and, 73
Solomon, Andrew, 143
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, ix, 243
Spellman, Mary, 54–55, 57, 71, 102–3, 105–6, 134
Spencer, Richard, 139
Spock, Benjamin, 174
Title IX and, 224–25
spurious correlations, 152, 228
Stalin, Joseph, 243
Stanger, Allison, 87–88, 103, 127, 140
Starmans, Christina, 218
statues, Greco-Roman, 136–37
“sticks and stones” saying, 210
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 84
Sue, Derald Wing, 40–42
suicide, 5, 24, 30, 143–44, 152
academic competition and, 190
rates of, 150–51, 160, 183, 190
sharing thoughts of, 195–96
Suk Gersen, Jeannie, 205
summer camps, 240
Supreme Court, 61
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas, 22–23, 28, 164, 170
Tannen, Deborah, 154
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta, 135–36
Tea Party, 129
telos, 253–55
Tenbrink, Tyler, 139
September 11, 2001, attacks, 200, 203
Tetlock, Phil, 229
Texas State University, 63–64, 67
Theodoric, 34
Theory of Justice, A (Rawls), 213
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts (Duke), 248–49
Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Silverglate), 74
Thucydides, 108–9
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 191, 195
tolerance, 65–66
transracialism, 104
trauma, 25–26, 28–29, 31–32, 33
Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (Leahy, Holland, and McGinn), 37
tribalism, 57–59, 76, 130, 131, 153, 267
see also groups
trigger warnings, 6–7, 24, 28, 29, 31, 145, 210
Trump, Donald, 12, 82–83, 87, 96, 112, 114, 127, 135, 139, 140
Tucker Carlson Tonight, 118, 133, 134
Turning Point USA (TPUSA), 138
Tuvel, Rebecca, 104–7, 121, 127
Twenge, Jean, 30–31, 146–49, 152–54, 159, 160, 164, 185
Twitter, 81, 130, 135–37, 147, 265
Tyler, Tom, 219–20
Tyranny of the Majority, The (Guinier), 222
UCLA, 92
Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life (Lareau), 173–75
unfair comparisons, 278
universities, 5, 8, 10, 11, 59, 125–26, 214
admissions to, 189–91, 194, 235, 236, 257–58, 268
bureaucracy at, 125, 126, 192, 194, 195–212
canon wars at, 7
Chicago Statement and, 255–56, 268, 279–81
consumerist mentality at, 198–200, 211
corporatization of, 197–98, 211
cross-partisan events at, 261
distorted thinking modeled by administrators at, 200–203
diversity among professors in, 108–13, 121, 258
diversity among students in, 43, 258, 260
expansion of, 197–98
freedom of inquiry at, 255–57
free speech at, 5–6, 31, 65, 84, 200–203
heckler’s veto and, 257
iGen and, 31, 145, 148, 156–59, 174–75, 185
intellectual virtues and, 258
intimidation and violence at, 81–98
mental health and, 156–59
political orientation and, 110–13, 121, 126–27, 132–38, 141, 199, 258
preparation for life following, 8–9
productive disagreement in, 258–60
regulations at, 192, 200–203, 211–12
and responding to pressure campaigns and outrage, 256–57
retraction demands at, 103–4, 107–8, 121
safe spaces and, 26–31, 96, 145, 210, 259
safetyism at, 12, 24–26, 96–97, 125, 145–46, 148, 195–212, 268; see also safetyism
school spirit at, 260
speakers at, 6, 27, 47–51, 87, 199
suggestions for, 253–62
trigger warnings and, 6–7, 24, 28, 29, 31, 145, 210
trust between professors and students at, 205–6, 212
wisdom and, 253–62
University of California, 197
Berkeley, 12, 81–87, 90, 94, 120
Los Angeles, 92
University of Central Florida, 207
University of Chicago, 119, 251, 253, 268
Chicago Statement on Principles of Free Expression, 255–56, 268, 279–81
University of Cincinnati, 203
University of Connecticut, 202
University of Iowa, 136–37
University of Michigan, 184, 207
University of Missouri, 11
University of Northern Colorado, 205–6
University of Oregon, 92
University of Pennsylvania, 107, 108
University of Virginia, 12, 188, 223–27
University of West Alabama, 202
Unsafe at Any Speed (Nader), 24
us versus them; good people versus evil, 3–4, 14, 53–77, 85, 90, 92, 119–20, 132, 177, 206, 243–44, 247, 259–60
see also groups
vaccination, 21
Valenti, Jessica, 26–27
Venker, Suzanne, 49
victimhood culture, 209–10
victimization, 41–42, 46, 57, 126
viewpoint diversity, 11, 109, 112–13, 121, 248, 258
vindictive protectiveness, 10, 235
violence, 81–98
definition of, 85–86
words as, 84–86, 89, 94–98, 145, 158
Virginia Rowing Association, 223
virtue signaling, 73
vulnerability, culture of, 209, 210
see also fragility
Wall Street Journal, 222
Walsh, Adam, 165–66
Walsh, John, 166
Ward, Douglas Turner, 114
War on Cops, The (Mac Donald), 88
Weinstein, Bret, 114–19, 127, 133
“what if” questions, 278
Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania (Bruni), 190
white nationalists and white supremacists, 12, 86, 87, 89–91, 94, 135, 136, 139, 140, 266
Will, George, 48
William & Mary, 92
Williams College, 49–50
Wilson, E. O., 7
wisdom, 1–15
children and, 235–51
societies and, 263–69
universities and, 253–62
witch hunts, 99–121
crimes against collective in, 101, 119
fear of defending the accused in, 102, 106–7, 119
four properties of, 101–2, 119, 120
retraction demands and, 103–4, 107–8, 121
in Salem, 99–100
trivial or fabricated charges in, 102, 106, 119
words:
choice of, 54–55, 102–3, 105–6
as violence, 84–86, 89, 94–98, 145, 158
World War II, 57, 92, 110, 130
Yale University, 11, 55–57, 61, 102, 120, 165, 189, 253
Yiannopoulos, Milo, 48, 50, 81–85, 95, 97, 120
Ziblatt, Daniel, 131
Zimmer, Robert, 251