“Societies that exclude the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully to what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really know, because the first atheistic societies have only emerged in Europe in the last few decades. They are the least efficient societies ever known at turning resources (of which they have a lot) into offspring (of which they have few).”

American social psychologist and author

Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist and author. He is a professor of business and society at the New York University Stern School of Business, where he holds the Thomas Cooley Chair in Ethical Leadership. His work centers on the psychology of morality and moral emotions, and he is widely known for writing about how people form moral judgments. On this site, 72 quotes are attributed to him.