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← Young people tend to be happier than older generations, but not in the Anglosphere

15 connected korrents · 14 moments on record from 14 Dec 2023 to 10 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under family family Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Young people tend to be happier than older generations, but not in the Anglosphere Young people tend to be happier than oldergenerations, but not in the Anglosphere Last stated 2 days ago 10 Sept 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: The pattern of young people being much happier than older people is concentrated in post-communist countries — tap to centre the map on it The pattern of young people beingmuch happier than older people isconcentrated in post-communistcountries Last stated 2 days ago 10 Sept 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 3 weeks ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: That everyone believes childhood has got worse is not evidence that it has, because every generation has believed it. — tap to centre the map on it That everyone believes childhood hasgot worse is not evidence that ithas, because every generation hasbelieved it. Last stated 2 weeks ago 31 Aug 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every age of life is less deadly than it was for the generation before, not just childhood. — tap to centre the map on it Every age of life is less deadlythan it was for the generationbefore, not just childhood. Last stated 3 years ago 2 Jan 2024 SD Saloni Dattani — holds since 2024-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Happiness across a life is a curve rather than a decline, and its lowest point is midlife, not old age. — tap to centre the map on it Happiness across a life is a curverather than a decline, and itslowest point is midlife, not oldage. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Jul 2026 AC Alan Castel — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The good old days are mostly an illusion: by almost every measure that can be counted, life today is better for almost everyone than it was fifty or a hundred years ago. — tap to centre the map on it The good old days are mostly anillusion: by almost every measurethat can be counted, life today isbetter for almost everyone than itwas fifty or a hundred years ago. Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder needs ambition rather than a sense of duty, because a startup is grueling enough that dutifulness will not carry anyone through it. — tap to centre the map on it A founder needs ambition rather thana sense of duty, because a startupis grueling enough that dutifulnesswill not carry anyone through it. Last stated a week ago 3 Sept 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI has a vampiric effect on the people using it: it excites them into working past their own ragged edge. — tap to centre the map on it AI has a vampiric effect on thepeople using it: it excites theminto working past their own raggededge. Last stated 6 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI is not a limited-time sale: the people furthest along are working harder than ever, and they need to stop harvesting dopamine as if it ends in two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it AI is not a limited-time sale: thepeople furthest along are workingharder than ever, and they need tostop harvesting dopamine as if itends in two weeks. Last stated 5 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free-enterprise capitalism is not the cause of poverty but the only tool there is for ending hunger and poverty anywhere on earth. — tap to centre the map on it Free-enterprise capitalism is notthe cause of poverty but the onlytool there is for ending hunger andpoverty anywhere on earth. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Jan 2024 JM Javier Milei — holds since 2024-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Retirement, when it comes, will be a retirement from customers and commerce, not from building and sharing things. — tap to centre the map on it Retirement, when it comes, will be aretirement from customers andcommerce, not from building andsharing things. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Shareholder primacy is about forty years old rather than a natural law, and for centuries before it a corporation existed to pursue a specific beneficial purpose. — tap to centre the map on it Shareholder primacy is about fortyyears old rather than a natural law,and for centuries before it acorporation existed to pursue aspecific beneficial purpose. Last stated 4 months ago 10 May 2026 ER Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Children develop by struggling and failing on the road to success while a caring adult supports them, and school should be running that loop all day instead of leaving it to after-school sports. — tap to centre the map on it Children develop by struggling andfailing on the road to success whilea caring adult supports them, andschool should be running that loopall day instead of leaving it toafter-school sports. Last stated 2 weeks ago 31 Aug 2026 JL Joe Liemandt — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it. — tap to centre the map on it Competition drives skill, andsparing young people the struggleonly defers it. Last stated 11 months ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Creating life with another human you love is the peak experience of being on the planet. — tap to centre the map on it Creating life with another human youlove is the peak experience of beingon the planet. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Young people tend to be happier than older generations, but not in the Anglosphere Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago Holds Hannah Ritchie Read this korrent →