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Quotes About Safetyism

Safetyism deprives young people of the experiences that their antifragile minds need, thereby making them more fragile, anxious, and prone to seeing themselves as victims.
~ Jonathan Haidt
This is what we mean when we talk about safetyism. Safety is good, of course, and keeping others safe from harm is virtuous
~ Jonathan Haidt
Safetyism is the cult of safety—an obsession with eliminating threats (both real and imagined) to the point at which people become unwilling to make reasonable trade-offs demanded by other practical and moral concerns. Safetyism deprives young people of the experiences that their antifragile minds need
~ Jonathan Haidt