There's not just a generational wealth gap anymore. There's a wellbeing gap too.

And right now, it's hitting younger people the hardest.

(Data from our latest @joinprolific.bsky.social poll - November 2024)

Full data: www.prolific.com/polling

Millennials/older Gen Z are carrying the heaviest load:

- Student loans
- Locked out of housing market
- Childcare costs through the roof
- Job market being disrupted by AI

Financial crisis → Pandemic → Cost-of-living crisis

25-34 year-olds: Just 23% doing well (29% actively struggling)

35-54 year-olds: Stuck around 31% for two decades

65+ year-olds: 48% doing well

That's more than double their younger counterparts.

Bodies like the AISI get this right by combining industry knowledge with academic independence. We need more of that, not less, especially when the stakes are so high to. We're essentially in a winner-takes-all race for AGI, but we shouldn't sacrifice public trust to get there faster. [3/3]

The current approach is backwards. We let companies lead on policy while academics and researchers get sidelined. Meanwhile, Trump's deregulatory push is creating a free-for-all that prioritises market cap over public interest. Hybrid governance models are the only sensible path forward. [2/3]

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Affecting even the Republican base

See the breakdowns by other demographics in our interactive tracker here: prolific-beta.shinyapps.io/prolific-pol...

You can find the full dataset here: osf.io/eb9pd

#Poll #opinionpolling #USElection2024

🌎 Perhaps more concerningly, for Hispanics (61%) and Asians (53%) and African Americans (46%) the majority express fear, whereas the majority of White participants express hope (45%). These data may reflect some of the rhetoric around #immigration touted by the incoming administration.

🗳 #Republicans overwhelmingly express hope (83%), while #Democrats are overwhelmingly fearful (81%) - a clear indication of the ongoing political divide.