Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDo people get progressively less happy as they age?message-squaremessage-square78linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareDo people get progressively less happy as they age?Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square78linkfedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 hours agoUntil the current generation, happiness was generally a u-shaped curve, with happiness going down around their early 20’s and coming back up around the 60’s. Gen Alpha doesn’t seem to have a happy childhood.
minus-squareKarl@literature.cafeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours ago Gen Alpha doesn’t seem to have a happy childhood. In some regions, yes. But not everywhere. They mostly seem happy to me
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoFor parts of the world with data going back to boomers and earlier, there is a quantitative slide.
Until the current generation, happiness was generally a u-shaped curve, with happiness going down around their early 20’s and coming back up around the 60’s.
Gen Alpha doesn’t seem to have a happy childhood.
In some regions, yes. But not everywhere. They mostly seem happy to me
For parts of the world with data going back to boomers and earlier, there is a quantitative slide.