Hanna: I think we could live in a completely scientific world view, and still people would find value in religion. Hanna: There's no good evidence i can find, really, for either of those being really determinate between the generations. You just get less interested in being rich or social responsibility as you get older. He says there isn't a big cohort shift in this generation is happier or unhappier than this one. And that crises make us miserable rather than booms make us happy. Hana: The most miserable lady gting around forty eight holds up in indifferent sorts of at society.
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.