WTH is Wrong with Gen Z? Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott Explain

Generation Z is now entering the workforce, and free speech
levels have never been so low in America. Coincidence? We think
not. Legions of Gen Zers are bringing the totalitarian ideas they
were spoon-fed in university — CRT, DEI, and other Neo-Marxist
ideas — into the American mainstream. As a result, we are at a
peak cancel culture moment. How did this happen, who is to blame,
and most importantly, how do we close Pandora’s box? Our guests —
authors of a new book on cancel culture — suggest we cannot, but
we can move forward and begin to right some of these wrongs. It
starts with raising kids who aren’t cancelers, keeping
corporations out of the cult of cancellation, fixing K-12, and
reforming higher education.


Greg Lukianoff is the president of the Foundation for Individual
Rights and Expression (FIRE) and one of the country’s most
passionate defenders of free expression. Together with Rikki
Schlott, he is the author of The Canceling of the American Mind.
He has written on free speech issues in the nation’s top
newspapers, including The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, and The Washington Post, and was executive producer of
the documentaries Can We Take a Joke? and Mighty Ira. Lukianoff
earned his undergraduate degree from American University and his
law degree from Stanford.


Rikki Schlott is a New York City-based journalist and political
commentator. She is a research fellow at FIRE, host of the Lost
Debate podcast, a columnist at the New York Post, and a regular
contributor to numerous publications and television programs. Her
commentary focuses on free speech, campus culture, civil
liberties, and youth issues from a Generation Z perspective.


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