Influence and Offense: Classical Conditioning, Trigger Truths, and the “Din of Dangerous Nonsense"

Are we influenced by the company we keep? Do we absorb
ideologies, lifestyles, beliefs, and behaviors through the
process of repeated exposure to specific constructs? Join me for
this week’s podcast as we unpack classical conditioning,
conspicuous consumption, and the “coddling of the American mind.”
In their insightful book by the same title, Lukianoff and Haidt
assess the collective decline of civic discourse that has
resulted in absolute mayhem in colleges around the nation. We’ve
lost the collective ability to be sharpened or challenged by a
thought that differs from our own, to agree to disagree. Instead,
we make provisions for “safe space” bubbles that perpetuate the
“childified adult” formula. But humans do not become mature,
thoughtful, respectful, engaged, critically-thinking citizens by
lying in a fetal position with our fingers in our ears.
Baby-proofing the culture has led only to the rise of immaturity,
of offense, of ideo-ophobia. How did we get here? And how do we
get free? Join me for on Spotify or iTunes for this week’s
Communication Architect podcast as we track the deleterious
cultural implications of what Postman once called “the din of
dangerous nonsense.” #bethechange #standup #speakup
#thinkcritically #liberty #mindsetmatters #classicalconditioning
#nosheeple