6min 46sec @RSAEvents - New Rules for 21st Century #Enlightenment with Jonathan Haidt

text from youtube "When it comes to social media and connecting the world, the more connections the better, right?

The advent of social media has brought down barriers to participation in public discourse. But has the very openness of social platforms proved fatal for the kind of thinking, debate, provocation, and orthodoxy-challenging that is so necessary for liberal democracy?

Watch acclaimed social psychologist Jonathan Haidt in our latest RSA Spotlight - the edits which take you straight to the heart of the event! "