# Can a divided America heal?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDNYC
- Speaker: Jonathan Haidt
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Economics, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Philosophy, Religion
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_can_a_divided_america_heal)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

How can the US recover after the negative, partisan presidential election of 2016? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the morals that form the basis of our political choices. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, he describes the patterns of thinking and historical causes that have led to such sharp divisions in America -- and provides a vision for how the country might move forward.

## Lectures

1. [Can a divided America heal?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_haidt_can_a_divided_america_heal/772e7b349ab5), 21 min (TED's player)