A striking regression in morally tolerant attitudes in the US between 2022 and 2026. In four editions of updating this graph, I haven't had to deal with a big reversal yet. How am I supposed to teach the next generation that the arc of the moral universe bends toward debauchery now?
![“For much of American history, fear, uncertainty, and insecurity governed life for those on the margins of society: migrants, the poor, people of color, sexual minorities. This was usually by design. But today, insecurity has trickled up to those formerly protected by light skin, college degrees, good jobs, or middle class upbringings. Even the ultrarich sense that security has become a luxury [as they build bunkers to protect against societal collapse]. … Contemporary capitalism acts on our bank accounts, yes, but also our bodies, and our psyches. We are at a crisis point. Too many people feel unable to have the children they want to have, and those with families too rarely feel they are thriving.“](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwjcgn5pt2krm2lmav2mdcyz/bafkreigcstlvos5xos7zspugn5mypyqwluw7p46iclakfqxwh774n7dhvu)
![SURVEY AND INTERVIEWS
In this chapter, I include information from a survey of researchers I conducted in 2022. By sharing a link on my social media accounts, - generated a convenience sample of about 400 academics and researchers who used social media for professional purposes. About half were sociologists, and most of the rest were social scientists in other disciplines (Black [4 percent], Hispanic [6 percent], and Asian [8 percent] scholars were underrepre-sented). Using this (nonrandom) sample, I set out to identify patterns unfamiliar to me; then I followed up by interviewing a subsample of respondents. In the survey, I offered fifteen possible reasons to use social media in our professional work, each of which addressed types of information gathering, interpersonal networking, and research dissemination. I clustered the respondents into five groups by their level and type of engagement and then interviewed people from each cluster.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwjcgn5pt2krm2lmav2mdcyz/bafkreieblwex3mbzj3ftaixhxtykiynhunj6q5xhi2ithfs4rmzd57jowq)
