18. Anxious Minds: Does Anxiety Fuel Political Polarization?

1 h 3 min

If people seek likeminded groups to avoid conflict, is our very anxiety toward disagreement fueling polarization? Having recently read The Anxious Generation (Jonathan Haidt), Enoch runs a new hypothesis by Tim about anxiety as a cause of polarization. They discuss the nature of polarization and whether young people are more polarized than older generations. Some theories are meant to fly while other fall short. Join the fun to learn if Enoch’s ideas fly too close to the sun.

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Intro/Outro music - Drew Elliot

Thanks to the Wheaton Center for Faith, Politics & Economics