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SUMMARY:Karl Taylor Compton Lecture: Jonathan Haidt
LOCATION:Huntington Hall (10-250)
DESCRIPTION:Karl Taylor Compton Lecture: Jonathan Haidt\n\n03/04/26 04:00 PM EST\n - 03/04/26 05:00 PM EST\Description:\nSocial psychologist and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt delivers MIT's prestigious Karl Taylor Compton lecture. Open to all members of the MIT community. \Details:\nNew York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind, will deliver MIT's Karl Taylor Compton Lecture on March 4, 2026. This year's Compton Lecture is titled "Life After Babel: Democracy and Human Development in the Fractured, Lonely World That Technology Gave Us."\n\nAbout the Compton Lecture Series:\n\nThe Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The lecture series gives the MIT community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought.\n\n\nMore available at the Compton Lectures website. \n\Location:\nHuntington Hall (10-250)\n\n,
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Karl Taylor Compton Lecture: Jonathan Haidt<br /><br />03/04/26 04:00 PM EST - 03/04/26 05:00 PM EST<br />Description:<br />Social psychologist and bestselling author Jonathan Haidt delivers MIT's prestigious Karl Taylor Compton lecture. Open to all members of the MIT community.&nbsp;<br />Details:<br />New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, author of <em>The Anxious Generation&nbsp;</em>and co-author of&nbsp;<em>The Coddling of the American Mind</em>, will deliver MIT's Karl Taylor Compton Lecture on March 4, 2026. This year's Compton Lecture is titled <u>&quot;Life After Babel: Democracy and Human Development in the Fractured, Lonely World That Technology Gave Us.&quot;</u><br />
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About the Compton Lecture Series:
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<p>The Karl Taylor Compton Lecture Series was established in 1957 to honor the late Karl Taylor Compton, who served as president of MIT from 1930 to 1948 and as chairman of the MIT Corporation from 1948 to 1954. The lecture series gives the MIT community direct contact with the important ideas of our times and with people who have contributed much to modern thought.</p>
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<p>More available at the <a href="https://compton.mit.edu/">Compton Lectures website</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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