Is There a Future Generations Commission?

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Housing is a big issue in the us, where we've got a very, a badly working housing market for younger generatations. We just don't see how you can do anything until you take that really seriously. There are some nascent policy and al responses going on in some countries where we are trying to imbed future generation thinking. The wales has got o future generations commissioner, which is supposed to look at all the actions that the welsh government, aetaks, and see what's the effect,. not just now, butfuture generations. And the european mission, i's very interestingin that.

Boomers are narcissists. Millennials are spoiled. Gen Zers are lazy. We assume people born around the same time have basically the same values. But, do they? Michael Shermer speaks with social researcher Bobby Duffy who has spent years studying generational distinctions. In The Generation Myth, he argues that our generational identities are not fixed but fluid, reforming throughout our lives. Based on an analysis of what over three million people really think about homeownership, sex, well-being, and more, Duffy offers a new model for understanding how generations form, how they shape societies, and why generational differences aren’t as sharp as we think.