" The typical college-age adult is 30 percent “less empathic” and more self-absorbed than twenty years ago. One study documented a 40 percent increase in psychopathology in American college students over the last thirty years; the authors suggest that this is related to “cultural shifts towards extrinsic goals such as materialism and status and away from intrinsic goals, such as community, meaning in life, and affiliation. "

― Bruce D. Perry , What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing