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According to the World Values Survey, in the early eighties, 44 percent of Americans thought their fellow citizens could be trusted most of the time, but that percentage fell to the mid-thirties by 2014. This lack of trust is particularly pronounced among partisans: according to Pew, in 1994, 21 percent of Republicans and 17 percent of Democrats ha... See more

José Marichal • Trust an algorithm, or trust your neighbor?

The data also leads us to believe that the more educated a person is, the more likely they are to see social value in religion, believe in institutions, and have higher levels of interpersonal trust.

Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching

the rise of immensely powerful online communications and commercial platform monopolies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon with far-reaching control over news, debate, book publishing, music, television and film, online gaming, and how individuals and groups share information with one another

Center for Journalism & Liberty • Democracy, Journalism, and Monopoly: How to Fund Independent News Media in the 21st Century

The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) reports that more than two-thirds of the almost 300,000 students in its 2012 survey used social media “sometimes” during class, while 39 percent of freshmen and 31 percent of seniors did so “frequently.” Promoting Student Learning and Institutional Improvement: Lessons from NSSE at 13 (2012), p. 18.

Derek Bok • Higher Education in America

Gen Z is also less optimistic about their personal prospects.

Jean M. Twenge • Generations

This may be the most ominous signal of all: To most Americans, the survival of democracy itself is not as essential as making sure their side comes out on top.

Neil Howe • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End

Churchgoing Is Losing Traction Percentage of all US adults