Myself and people my age have been trained under the illusion that we can effectively eliminate any and all friction from our lives. We can work from home, Amazon prime everything we need, swipe through a limitless array of mediocre dates, text our therapist, and have a person go to the grocery store for us when we don’t feel like it, all while... See more

‘PEOPLE FEEL THEY DON’T OWE ANYONE ANYTHING’: THE RISE IN ‘FLAKING’ OUT OF SOCIAL PLANS , theguardian

Related to the above, The Guardian reports that there’s been an uptick in canceling plans, a “phenomenon” that’s having a significant impact on social relationships.

“Increasingly with gen Z and millennials there is a fetishisation of introversion,”

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There’s clearly something in the air because The Atlantic just published Derek Thompson’s cover story on “the anti-social century,” which explores why Americans are spending more time than ever alone. And last week The Guardian published a piece about the rise in flakiness, with one person interviewed saying, “I have adjusted my mindset so I almost... See more