how to win with gen-z
relates to the other article about gen-z being priced out of nightlight. they/we/anyone not a boomer is just priced out of life at this point tbh.
The word community also came up more times than I could count, with young people desperate to live close to their friends (not their jobs) and have people around them who will love, support and accept them. However, it’s important to note that while the word “community” came up a handful of times, it was almost always used vaguely. Community is... See more
Halima Jibril • What would make young people happy?
When older people ridicule us for being upset at the way life is, it is because they have come to accept that this is all life is and will be. I’ve been told countless times by those older than me that I will get used to adult life.
Halima Jibril • What would make young people happy?
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
Still skeptical if we are over the age of hyper-consumption. I do think the angst felt by existing in a passive state of being is true.
43 per cent believe they are less happy than their parents were at our age, as they could find jobs, afford to buy homes, have children, or marry. Most definitively, in 2024, the World Happiness Report found that Gen Z is the unhappiest generation today, particularly in the US.