Are Kids Today Really Worse Off?

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0:18If you're a fan of my work or of this podcast, you've probably heard the story of how I got interested in happiness research in the first place.

0:25If not, here's a very quick version.

0:28Back in 2018, I was an Ivy League psychology professor minding my own business when I started noticing that something was changing on college campuses.

0:36The students I saw in my classes day after day, year after year, over time they seemed different.

0:42They were more stressed, less joyful, more overwhelmed, less happy, more depressed, way less resilient, and way more anxious.

0:51I got so worried about this generation of college students that I decided to drop everything and fully retrain in the science of happiness just so I could help them.

0:59As I worked with students more closely, I found myself thinking, man, the kids today, what's up with them?