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Great trends reflect a moment in time, but that moment is never fleeting, and the basic idea is more elevated. Good trends always focus on the shift in an underlying human behavior or belief. They don’t describe a single interesting story or a hot new product or industry.
Rohit Bhargava • Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future (Non-Obvious Trends Series)
Trends have become synonymous with TikTok trends
Trends are our patterns. Our Explanations. Our order and organization amidst chaos.
WARC • Lost in Chaos: Trends as a Cultural Compass
(In The Death of Trends, Vox's Terry) Nguyen is examining a more abstract consequence of this rapid acceleration, which is that it saps trends of their subcultural context, reducing them to status symbols that represent status itself, like a trail of breadcrumbs leading to more breadcrumbs. Her piece is focused on fashion trends, or aesthetic ... See more
Haley Nahman • #100: New idea trending
When I was younger, I admired trends without questioning their origins. Now, I see them as reflections of the Zeitgeist —whether influenced by environmental shifts, economic changes, or collective emotions.
Jordan • Stop Chasing Trends & Start Understanding Them
Are Micro Trends Over?
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