I just finished reading The Coddling of the American Mind by Haidt and Lukianoff. Fantastic book. Here’s the article from The Atlantic that started the idea: [1]. In the book the authors discuss exactly this phenomenon and some possible causes. I’m not going to do it justice, so just read the article.

I’d love to be a professor because research and teaching sounds like a delightful vocation. Things like this give me pause.

1: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-cod...