What if You Were Born 50 Years Earlier?

<p>The United States is currently home to six generations of people. With her clear-eyed and insightful voice, Twenge explores what the Silents and Boomers want out of the rest of their lives; how Gen X-ers are facing middle age; the ideals of Millennials as parents and in the workplace; and how Gen Z has been changed by COVID, among other fascinating topics.</p> <p>Shermer and Twenge discuss: untangling interacting causal variables (age, gender, race, religion, politics, SES, big events, slow trends, time-period effects, and generational effects) • fuzzy sets/conceptual categories • how historical events effect generations: the Great Depression, WWII, the Cold War and its end, AIDS, 9/11, The Great Recession, Covid-19, #metoo, #BLM, trans, AI • how long-term trends effect generations • technology as a driver of generational differences • civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, trans rights • abortion and reproductive choice • education • religion • marriage, children, home ownership, sex, birthrates, divorce • happiness, meaningfulness, purpose • mental health.</p> <p>Jean M. Twenge, PhD, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, is the author of more than a hundred scientific publications and several books based on her research, including <em>Generations</em>, <em>iGen</em>, and <em>Generation Me</em>. Her research has been covered in <em>Time</em>, <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>Newsweek</em>, the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>USA TODAY</em>, and the <em>Washington Post</em>. She has also been featured on <em>Today</em>, <em>Good Morning America</em>, <em>Fox and Friends</em>, CBS <em>This Morning</em>, and NPR. She lives in San Diego with her husband and three daughters.</p>