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Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon
the question is about how we define stability in an unstable world.
kyla scanlon • Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon
STEM fields, long considered "safe" careers, are being transformed overnight through either getting their funding gutted or from rolling layoffs in tech. And to be fair, this sort of happens every few decades right? The Internet, the Industrial Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution - the AI Revolution is another fundamental rewiring of how value... See more
kyla scanlon • Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon
Technology is accelerating differentiation. Economic paths are becoming more extreme. Identity formation is becoming more fluid.
kyla scanlon • Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon
Technology enables new forms of value exchange, which creates new economic possibilities so people build identities around these possibilities and these identities drive development of new technologies and the cycle continues.
kyla scanlon • Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon
Each Generation is ~15 years in range, which is extremely wide. A 44 year old millennial has a very different life than a 29 year old millennial but they are both “millennials”. We all know that is fraught with error, but grouping is useful for frameworks and broad sweeping generalizations, like I am about to do.
kyla scanlon • Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress - by kyla scanlon
The language we use can be a constraint. That doesn’t inherently make it good or bad. Language is a necessary constraint for communication.