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Jean Twenge
@jean_twenge
Generations, mental health trends, teens & social media, GenZ at work. Speaker and author. Psych prof at San Diego State U. Book on GenZ: iGen bit.ly/2wLrPAQ
EducationSan Diego, CAjeantwenge.comJoined April 2017
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Love seeing iGen on this list!
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Here are 52 of our top #leadership recommended reads - one for each week of the year! How many have you read and what would you add to this list? 📚📕 📖 #readinglist #bookreview #bookrecommendations #reading #leaderdevelopment #leader #leaders #professionaldevelopment
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New book alert! Generations. Curious about the real differences among generations? Jonesing to see 279 graphs based on 40 million people? Want an update on iGen/Gen Z after my last book? Craving some Gen X pop culture? ... then it's for you!
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Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What...
Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
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There's research indicating online settings attract people high on hostility + status-seeking (likely overlaps with psychopathy). Seems that social media provides an easy way to humiliate others. Non-hostile people self-select out. Bad drives out the good. cambridge.org/core/journals/
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This is stunning -- Chinese kids under 14 primarily see educational videos on TikTok and are limited to 40 minutes a day. The U.S. version is a free-for-all and has no time limit.
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“It’s almost like [Chinese company Bytedance] recognize[s] that technology’s influencing kids’ development, and they make their domestic version a spinach TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the rest of the world,” says Tristan Harris. cbsn.ws/3E3GGwa
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Going Godward
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TikTok is the bane of my existence working with middle schoolers. Every vice that can be tapped into is available on the platform. There is a fight every week because somebody “started beef” on TikTok. And it’s an enormous time waster. All my students are addicted.
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“It’s almost like [Chinese company Bytedance] recognize[s] that technology’s influencing kids’ development, and they make their domestic version a spinach TikTok, while they ship the opium version to the rest of the world,” says Tristan Harris. cbsn.ws/3E3GGwa
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David Myers
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Amazing new study confirms that $ boosts happiness mostly among low-income people. 300 people in 7 countries joined an undefined expt, of whom a random 200 then received $10,000, Happiness gains up to 6 mos later were 3x greater in low income countries.
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Wealth redistribution promotes happiness | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
How much happiness could be gained if the world’s wealth were distributed more equally? Despite decades of research investigating the relationship ...
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