Thread about book about generations. Gonna try updating it as I read through the book instead of Tweeting it all at the end. amazon.com/Generations-Di…
Rise of individualist phrases in books:
Different generations opinions on interracial marriage:
5.5% of silent generation men had a male sex partner, 2.3% of silent generation women had a female sex partner.
Young people got a lot more anxious during Covid:
The rise of "identity", and "unique"
% of Americans receiving the top 10 most common names:
Shrinking happiness gap between blacks and whites:
The rise of Boomer Republicans:
Depression by Income level and birth year:
The fall and rise of age of first sex:
The rise of people saying they are important:
Percentage of adults who are Republican, controlling for age:
Gen X, the lost generation:
The rise and fall of narcissism:
Narrative of poor millennials overblown:
Decline in marriage rate:
1/8 Millenial men have had gay sex:
Trends in depression by age group:
Decline in time spent socializing:
The first generation to think there are more than 2 genders:
The rise of Trans and non-binary:
Rise in FTM transgender:
Trans trend not limited to blue states:
Decline in support for free speech:
Rise of feeling lonely and left out:
Nearly 1/3 teenage girls are clinically depressed:
Emergency room admissions for self-harm:
Decline in healthy habits:
Rise in pessimism:
Smooth increase in people who think founders were villains:
Increase in 12th grade boys identifying as conservative:
Young Republicans are somewhat socially liberal:
Younger Republicans more likely to favor bigger government:
Most colleges have racially segregated graduation ceremonies:
High School Seniors care less about fashionable clothes:
Trends can change or reverse, but right now it looks like the future will be:
-Less white
-More politically left
-Less social, and less mentally healthy
-More risk averse
-More overweight
-More LGBT
-Less trustful of other people and major institutions
-More individualistic
1/THREAD Cambodians in the donut industry. A case study in ethnic nepotism:
2/ Most of the information in this thread comes from the 2020 documentary Donut King about Ted Ngoy and his Southern California donut empire.
3/ Ted Ngoy was a refugee from Cambodia. In 1975 he worked as gas station attendant. One night he smelled something sweet and went to a nearby store and tried donuts for the first time.
1/Thread with data that I could find about immigration and race in France. I am obviously not an expert and don't speak French so if you think I am not presenting the full picture please correct me, especially if you are French.
New Pew report on Trump vs Biden polling:
>40% of dems think that criminal justice system should be harsher
>59% of Republicans are pro-natalist
>56% of Republicans support seperation of church and state
38% of Trump supporters are sympathetic to abortion:
1/THREAD What is going on with gender relations in South Korea?
2/Of some major countries polled, South Korea has the highest percent of people saying that there is a great deal or fair amount of tension between men and women: ipsos.com/sites/default/…
3/ South Korea also has the lowest birth rate in the OECD. It seems reasonable to assume that this is partially due to the breakdown in gender relations because virtually all births are legitimate and decline in marriage closely tracks falling fertility. archive.is/rCGFD