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/ Short thread. Meadow Pollack was an 18 year old student at Parkland High School with dreams of becoming an attorney. She was fatally shot as she draped her body over a younger student attempting to protect her.
2/ In the aftermath of the shooting, her father tried to figure out what policies lead to her death and teamed up with a researcher to write this book. amazon.com/Why-Meadow-Die…
3/ Here are some excerpts from this book. The book goes through all of the ways in which in which the shooting could have been prevented. If the shooter had a criminal record of one of the serious crimes that he committed he would not have been able to legally purchase a firearm.