The So-Called "Anti-Social Century" -- January 22, 2025

Locator: 44744TECH.

There's an interesting 12-page essay in the February, 2025, issue of The Atlantic.

The title: "The Anti-Social Century,"

Link here. 

The writer makes a lot of observations, raises a lot of issues and references, among others, Jean M Twenge, the author of the best-seller Generations, c. 2017. 

One of several graphs that piqued my interest. This is a survey of high school seniors (twelfth graders):

Unfortunately, the author notes the graph but does not do any satisfactory analysis, at least as far as I'm concerned.

I plan on coming back to this one but in the meantime spend some time on the graph.

The author's (and Ms Twenge's) thesis is that much of this is due to technology, e.g., the iPhone.

The trend is pretty much flat-lined for forty years (1970 - 2010) and then declines significantly over the next decade. It's impossible to miss this "hockey-stick" phenomenon. 

With regard to technology, name the top three technology breakthroughs that could explain this graph.

I'll provide the correct (LOL) answers later this evening if I don't run out of time.