Use generics to set the state in React | Typescript

test.tsx

import React from 'react';

interface State = {
  name: string;
  age: number;
  alive: boolean;
}

class App extends PureComponent<{}, State> {
  public state = {
    name: 'Bill'  
    age: 22,
    alive: true,
  }
  
  private update = (property: string, value<T>: T): void => this.setState({
    [property]: value,
  });
  
  public componentDidMount() {
    this.update('name', 'Paul');
    this.update('alive', true);
    this.update('age', 23);
  }
  
  public render() {
    const { name, age, isDead } = this.state;
  
    return `${name}, ${age}, ${isDead}`;
  }
}
  
export default App;