Jonah Davids: The Mental Disorder and Therapeutic Order

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Jonah Davids: The Mental Disorder and Therapeutic Order

Plus Toronto Talent, Canadian Conservatism, Loneliness, and Coordination Problems

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Jonah Davids

Aug 21, 2023

Find Jonah:

https://twitter.com/jonahdavids1

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Mental Disorder

Loneliness Isn't a Public Health Problem

Loneliness in America is now being treated as a public health crisis. In 2021, 58% of Americans said they felt lonely, with younger adults twice as likely to feel lonely as seniors. 49% of Americans have fewer than three close friends, 12% have no close friends at all, and 45% say they don’t feel a sense of belonging to…

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Mental Disorder

Ives Parr - Embryo Selection for Mental Health

Listen now (70 mins) | Ives Parr is an independent scholar known for his work on the science and ethics of genetic enhancement. For the first episode of the Mental Disorder podcast, I invited him on to talk about how polygenic screening and embryo selection could be used to prevent or reduce the risk of mental illness. Ives and I discuss whether there are tradeoffs between me…

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2 years ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Jonah Davids and Ives Parr

https://www.amazon.ca/iGen-Super-Connected-Rebellious-Happy-Adulthood/dp/1501151983

https://www.amazon.com/Generations-Differences-Millennials-Silents_and-Americas/dp/1982181613/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1692303420&refinements=p_27%3AJean+Twenge&s=books&sr=1-1

https://twitter.com/psychosort/status/1684407652523155456?s=20

Timestamps:

01:15 Toronto

39:00 Mental Illness

1:29:00 Loneliness and Economic Models

1:51:00 Therapeutic Culture

2:08:00 Social Anxiety

Discussion about this episode

Michael Kelly

Sep 2, 2023

My comment was cut really short on Spotify. What I wanted to continue to say is:

I doubt you could get Dr. Peterson on your podcast, but perhaps SteelMan the idea by getting critics of Dr. Peterson. Or maybe even Pearl. It would be interesting to see Pearl outside her typical role, look into the real Pearl.

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