What events and value-shifts have had the most influence on us as a nation? Can the Fella Filter save us from the man drought? Is food the new sex for the over-40s? What is the chaperone syndrome? At what age do you cease being young? Will there be a paradigm shift in design at the end of this decade? Where will we be living and what will we be wearing in the future? And what does it all mean to a baby boomer, generation Xer or Y? In his groundbreaking new book, bestselling author Bernard Salt tackles these and other social and demographic questions facing the Australian nation. Articulate, chatty and witty, The Big Picture interprets the factors that have a bearing on where we live, when we marry, and how we will work. This is a book that looks at the motivational forces that shape the Australian community.