In a previous article, I claimed that Young adults are not very happy. Now the World Happiness Report 2026 has confirmed that young people in North America and Western Europe are less happy than they were fifteen years ago, and less happy than previous generations. In this article, we’ll look at results from three related questions in the General Social Survey (GSS):
- Trust: “Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with...