Is There an Acceleration of Moral Progress?

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I have wondered and wondered if moral progress is accelerating. Ah, and maybe that's enhanced by social media even more. I mean, i we always, always feel like were in the middle of a great acceleration. Thet's another one of those kind of effects, a moral andtechnology sizes. We always think ti tis is the era where we're moving costists and great winter lipman quote: 'We're just changing too fst'

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.