I’ve followed psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams for years and really enjoy his rigorous scientific analysis of many aspects of the world. He recently posted: “12 Things Everyone Should Know About Wokeness: A data-driven look at the rise, effects, and psychology of one of the major cultural movements of our time.” Many of his conclusions about wokeness, but not all, seem to be true to those of us who simply are watching what’s going on around us. You’ve got the link to his article now and I would highly recommend reading the details, but I will give you the titles to though sections of his article on wokeness:

1. The woke worldview is associated with depression and anxiety
2. Women are more woke than men
3. Younger people are more woke than older ones
4. Many people pretend to be more woke than they are
5. Safe-space culture may function as reverse CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
6. Many woke views are inaccurate
7. Woke people underestimate minority success
8. Woke ideas may foster dislike of majorities rather than concern for minorities
9. The woke may secretly look down on those they see as oppressed
10. Many interventions favored by the woke don’t work
11. Wokeness took off in the 2010s
12. We may have hit “peak woke” – or maybe not

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