Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-05-04
Chris Williamson & Dr Jean Twenge: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #623
Why Do Young People Seem So Fragile? - Dr Jean Twenge - #623
Dr Jean Twenge is a Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, generational researcher and an author. Each generation tends to view themselves as more refined than the one before them.
Chris Williamson discussed Generation me by Jean M. Twenge, Daring Young Men by Richard Reeves, and Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves. Also mentioned: Generations by Jean M. Twenge.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Generations
Discussed“one of the first ones that you wrote was generation me which was back in 2006.”
Where to get it
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Generation me
Discussed“one of the first ones that you wrote was generation me which was back in 2006. given that you've been tracking my generation for quite a while what are your thoughts or what's the story of how Millennials have done in your opinion”
Where to get it
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Daring Young Men
Discussed“yeah one of the interesting stats I learned from Richard Reeves last year with his book of boys and men was that seven times more males than females dropped out of college during covet and you know you've got this massive Retreat this huge imbalance”
Where to get it
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Of Boys and Men
Discussed“yeah one of the interesting stats I learned from Richard Reeves last year with his book of boys and men was that seven times more males than females dropped out of college during covet and you know you've got this massive Retreat this huge imbalance”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Generations
“yeah so what I've tried to do in the book is rely on the data sets that have been consistent for the longest period of time so there's a survey of 18 year olds in the U.S that goes back to 1976 and has used the exact same questions”
Plugged Generations
“and you know that's also the theory that I talk about a lot in in the new book is that technology has all of these wide-ranging effects that it's not just we use different technology it's how has that changed our behaviors”
Plugged Generations
“yeah you know so the the new book Generations about all six living American generations and just tons of tons of data and conclusions in there so my website is Gene twangy.com so”