Conclavecore and Ego Scrolling
Related to mental health, young people are exhausted by the internet’s constant connectivity and comparison. Whereas Millennials grew up performing online—curated Insta grids, LinkedIn job announcements (“Some exciting personal news!”), the rise of the personal brand—Gen Zs eschew performance for authenticity. It’s the shift from Kylie Jenner... See more
Rex Woodbury • 10 Characteristics That Define Gen Z (Part I)
There is a growing desire among Gen Z to reclaim their autonomy from their phones and remove themselves from what Shaz describes as a passive state of being. Last year, anti-tech activist and writer August Lamm predicted that abstention would be the next big thing. On X, she wrote: “I’m calling it right now, abstention is the new big thing;... See more
Halima Jibril • Why some young people are ‘quitting’ music
Forty percent of millennials say they have no affiliation with a religious tradition, and Casper says that number is expected to rise as high as 50 percent for Gen Z. As these traditional religious affiliations decline, people are naturally looking to fill the void left by their disappearance with other sources of meaning. The take-away for... See more