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Brooks cites Twenge and Haidt: people in their 20s report less love and sex
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Depression has tripled in the last 15 years. Arthur Brooks says he knows the real cause
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"There are data that come from Gene Twangi at San Diego State University and Jonathan Height at the Stern School at New York University that people are falling in love less than they ever have before. People in their 20s today are less likely to be married, less likely to live together, less likely to have sex, less likely to say they're in love than ever before."
Brooks cites researchers Jean Twenge and Jonathan Haidt for claims that young adults report lower rates of marriage, cohabitation, sex and being in love than in prior generations. He argues technology-mediated matching and interaction can work against the "complex" experience of forming romantic bonds in real life.
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- Depression has tripled in the last 15 years. Arthur Brooks says he knows the real cause
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