#623 - Dr Jean Twenge - Why Do Young People Seem So Fragile?
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Dr Jean Twenge is a Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, generational researcher and an author.
Each generation tends to view themselves as more refined than the one before them. But with Boomers, Millennials and Gen Z, something changed. Generations started to see life as easier in the past, less prosperous now and tougher to succeed. Jean has spent a career working out just why modern groups believe this, and how true it is.
Expect to learn whether millennials actually did have it harder than boomers, which generation has the most robust mental health and why, the massive effect of technology across age groups, why 60% of Gen Z girls have mental health problems, why young people aren't getting their drivers' licenses, why there is such a big decline in sexual activity and alcohol and much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Jean Twanguy, |
| 0:04.8 | she's a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, a generational researcher, |
| 0:09.6 | and an author. Each generation tends to view themselves as more refined than the one before them, |
| 0:15.3 | but with boomers, millennials, and Gen Z, something changed. Generations started to see life |
| 0:20.9 | as easier in the past, less prosperous now, and tougher to succeed. Jean has spent a career, |
| 0:26.4 | working out just why modern groups believe this, and how true it is. Expect to learn whether |
| 0:31.6 | millennials actually did have it harder than boomers, which generation has the most robust mental |
| 0:36.2 | health, and why, the massive effect of technology across all age groups, why 60% of Gen Z girls |
| 0:43.0 | have mental health problems, why young people aren't getting their driver's licenses, |
| 0:47.2 | why there is such a big decline in sexual activity and alcohol, and much more. |
| 0:53.6 | This stuff is so pertinent and so timely and appropriate to learn about, because it is a question |
| 1:02.4 | on the tip of everybody's tongue. What is it that's causing such rapid changes as new generations come |
| 1:09.0 | through, as young people become adults? Why do they seem so different to the adults that came |
| 1:13.4 | before them? Is it because of technology? Is it because of economic situations, the state of the |
| 1:19.2 | climate? Is it because you can't get a house? Is it because of the cost of living? And Jean has |
| 1:23.8 | done an awful lot of research to try and uncover that. I really hope that you enjoy this one. |
| 1:28.8 | Don't forget, if you're listening, you should have also got a copy of the Modern Wisdom reading list. |
| 1:32.3 | It is 100 books that you should read before you die, the most life-changing ones that I've ever |
| 1:36.4 | read, and you can get that list right now for free. If you go to chriswillx.com slash books, |
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