By Ben Greenman
from forthcoming collection, as yet untitled
One of the principal attractions of the inaugural “Thought Day” coming up Saturday is the presentation of the results of a new study that has investigated changing habits and beliefs of today’s younger people, as compared with people of the same age a generation ago. Conducted over the course of the last year through a combination of methods including in-person interviews, phone interviews, paper surveys distributed around town, and inspired guesswork, the study reveals that society has been remade substantially by a number of factors technological and otherwise. While a full report will not be published until Saturday, Professor Robert Canada of the Public Information Institute has released a brief summary of highlights, including the following: less drunkenness, more money spent on furniture, a greater interest in peace, a more limited awareness of the passage of time, a higher incidence of falls among those who have suffered from emotional trauma, and an inexhaustible demand for brightly-colored images of both victory and tragedy.
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