Beyond the Headline: Unpacking the Reported Drop in Conscientiousness
You’ve probably seen the chart from the recent Financial Times reporting on the decline of Conscientiousness (a personality trait measure of being organized, goal-oriented, and disciplined) among people age 16-39, and you might have come across the conflicting commentaries either amplifying the doom or stating that it’s dramatic, twisted stats of the reckless “damned lies” [...]