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The truth about Gen Z - and the rest of us (with Jean Twenge)

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51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Curtis is joined by the world’s leading expert on generational distinctions, Dr. Jean Twenge. They discuss the five major generations shaping our society, with a special focus on Gen Z. The conversation provides insight and practical help for parents, managers, and anyone else interacting across generational lines. Listen especially for Jean’s top advice for parents on how to keep smartphones from destroying your child’s mental health.

Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future by Jean Twenge

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? (The Atlantic)

After Babel (Jonathan Haidt’s Substack that is examining the impact of smartphone on the mental health of Gen Z)

How Low Can America’s Birth Rate Go Before It’s A Problem? (from FiveThirtyEight)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Good Faith Podcast on your host, Curtis Chang, and the Good Faith Podcast

0:24.3

is a production of redeeming babble.

0:26.6

And here at The Good Faith, we are friends who help each other make sense of the world.

0:32.2

And one of the important ways we make sense of the world is with a generational lens, thinking

0:38.4

about how different generations possess different characteristics.

0:42.6

And I'm super excited because joining us today is the leading scholar on this generational

0:47.7

lens, Dr. Jean Twingy.

0:50.8

She's a professor of psychology at San Diego State University.

0:54.0

She's the author of more than 180 scientific publications.

0:58.4

And books, one of her more definitive books, was Anne Genzi, which was titled Eye Gen.

1:05.3

She's the first one, as I view it, the first one to really, in a major way, sound the alarm

1:12.6

about the distinctive ways that smartphones are shaping and mist shaping this current

1:18.4

generation of youth.

1:19.4

We're going to dive further into this, but especially her 2017 Atlantic article, have

1:25.2

smartphones destroyed a generation, was very influential in this conversation.

1:32.0

And now she's published her magnum opus that looks at the big picture of generations.

1:36.8

It's called Generations, the real differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers,

1:41.6

and Silence, and what they mean for America's future.

1:45.4

Jean, it's a pleasure and an honor to have such an expert join us for this conversation.

1:50.5

Thank you for joining us.

1:51.8

Thanks for having me.

1:53.1

So I want to start, Jean, with a little bit of a nerdiness, a nerdy exploration here,

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