hmm what a mystery. I wonder why
I don't know much about Sweden - can you tell me?
immigration
edit: I'm getting downvoted, but it is obviously what the parent meant.
Young adults report lower life satisfaction in Sweden
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#22Sweden is such an interesting country. Arguably peak gender equality, but also child assassins and bombs right now. I hope they can sort out their issues.
> but also child assassins and bombs right now
Yes, "interesting" is the right word. The government is talking about suspending cell phones for kids in connection to that. But honestly, what's really scary right now is how many kids and young adults seem to be "zombified" (for lack of a better word), and how bad this turns out later in the job market. Tomorrow I need to have a serious talk with my boss about how we should not hire a prospect because of total lack of in-person interactivity. Immigrants from war and poverty-stricken countries are over-represented in our "successful hires" pool because they still know how to speak.
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#23> In Sweden and other parts of the Western world, for example, recent findings point to a widening intergenerational gap where older adults report increasing well being while younger individuals experience notable declines
So it is just a case of older people pulling the ladder up behind themselves.
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#24> In Sweden and other parts of the Western world, for example, recent findings point to a widening intergenerational gap where older adults report increasing well being while younger individuals experience notable declines So it is just a case of older people pulling the ladder up behind themselves.
It's the baby boomer phenomenon. They reaped the rewards back then and are still reaping the rewards. The benefits have been following that age group through their lives. Its like a rolling window.
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#25I don't have a source, but I've been hearing that this is just common among young people everywhere. They blamed social media for Americans.
Is there any period in history when the young people reported being as happy or happier than the older cohort?
Right when LSD hit the scene. But seriously boomers in the US and europe had it great because they knew what their parents and grandparents went through. Until the vietnam draft for americans I guess.
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#27I don't have a source, but I've been hearing that this is just common among young people everywhere. They blamed social media for Americans.
Is there any period in history when the young people reported being as happy or happier than the older cohort?
Many? Look generations after wars and economic depressions.
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#28Sweden is such an interesting country. Arguably peak gender equality, but also child assassins and bombs right now. I hope they can sort out their issues.
January 2026 was the first month since March 2018 with no one shot dead here in Sweden. I guess that is good, but one theory is that it is correlated with January also being the coldest month in decades, and low temperatures tend to calm things down.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there any period in history when the young people reported being as happy or happier than the older cohort?
Many? Look generations after wars and economic depressions.
Really? I would expect people at risk of being drafted during a war being much less happy than older people not at risk.
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#30Sweden is such an interesting country. Arguably peak gender equality, but also child assassins and bombs right now. I hope they can sort out their issues.
Sorry but that’s just not true. You learn about what happens in Sweden because statistically it never happens.
On the other hand, the rest of the world never know about the latest bi-monthly school shooting in the US.