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In this thought-provoking video essay, we'll dive deep into the challenges faced by Gen Z in the Internet Age. From the adoption of smartphones to the loss of traditional metanarratives and to the distortion caused by the digital realm, we'll explore why this generation is grappling with unprecedented feelings of hopelessness.
In this video, I lean heavily on the work of Dr. Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University. Her book "Generations" is based on twenty-four datasets, some of which go back to the 1940s. They assess children, adolescents, and adults and include a staggering total of 39 million people. Nearly all of the datasets are nationally representative, meaning that respondents resemble the whole population in terms of gender, race/ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and region of the country. Most of the data is from the U.S., but other datasets were collected in countries around the world.
If you're interested in Dr. Twenge's work or learning more about Gen Z, I've left a link to all my sources below!
ā¬ā¬ Video Chapters ā¬ā¬
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Chapter 1: The Problem
3:11 Why Smartphones?
5:17 Chapter 2.1: Beans
8:00 Chapter 2.2 Broken Promises
13:22 Chapter 2.3: A Bigger World
16:21 Chapter 3: A (Potential) Solution
19:26 Be Here Now
ā¬ā¬ Sources ā¬ā¬
1. "Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silentsāand What They Mean for America's Future" by Jean M. Twenge amzn.to/469GiXQ
2. "Gen Z" by XYZ University (Sarah Sladek and Alyx Grabinger)
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3. "Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age" by Roberta Katz amzn.to/469GiXQ
4. "Generation Z is Waging a Battle Against Depression, Addiction and Hopelessness" by the Walton Family Foundation
www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/stories/foundation/ā¦
5. "Stress in America, Generation Z" by the American Psychological Association www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2018/stressā¦
6. www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-ā¦
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11. "Mobile phone ownership over time" by Pew Research Center www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/
12. qz.com/work/1663731/mass-layoffs-a-history-of-costā¦
13. "Displaced Workers: Trends in the 1980s and Implications for the Future" by the United States Congressional Budget Office www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/103rd-congress-199ā¦
14. "The Disposable American" by Louis Uchitelle amzn.to/3SI5HEW
15. "Nihilism (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)" by Nolen Gertz amzn.to/49BrjIP
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the world rly did end in 2012
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This video avoids discussing the elephant in the room, increasing poverty. Young people are stuck in debt, on low salaries which do not allow them to purchase a humble home and sniffing flowers and meditation will do nothing to solve their economic woes. In fact, it does the opposite, it encourages them to accept the status quo without complaining or demanding a fairer economic system from our government, banks and corporations. The 'just meditate and you'll be fine' is simply not fine. Gen Z and everyone who cares about them will need to demand better from our leaders. Encouraging young people to do nothing to improve their economic situation is actually a way of mentally neutering them.
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āLearned helplessnessā
I got that from my bosses and supervisors. They repeatedly made my feel useless, broke anti harassment policies targeting me with whatever I did, and eventually drove me to suicidal ideation.
I went to HR; they did nothing; so I quit.
Now, while I feel a bit better, I find social media is drawing me back into this cycle of not knowing what I want to do. Hell; I go out for a walk and I can hardly find anyone who isnāt glued to their phones.
Technology has connected us yet in many ways driven us farther apart than ever before.
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Well, the depressing thing isn't wishing for all the things others have in the internet. It's depressing to just wish for what your parents had and being unable to reach that, despite trying harder than they ever had to.
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I love that phraseā¦ āI donāt have a dream job, I donāt dream of laborā
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when I was younger I thought "of course I'm going to have kids", but now the implications of having kids means I will be a labor slave for the rest of my life.
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The Smart phone was just a gate to more information, and when you learn more about how things operate in life, you get depressed.
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I think the hopelessness comes from the expectation bar being raised every year with each generation. I mean the capability of technology keeps getting higher but it hasn't exactly led to the betterment of the average person's life. In fact, the more technology progresses, the middle and lower classes are expected to do more with even less. A normal person wouldn't be able to handle all that, when all they want to do is to live a happy life.
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What also happened in 2012 is the price of housing and rent skyrocketed. If you can't move out, or get your own place your life gets put on hold until you can get a job or a partner that can financially contribute. Now throw in employment issues and low wages and you've screwed over multiple generations of people who don't already own a home.
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The job that fires you that same moment upon the notice, doesn't deserves loyalty.
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I was born in 2003. Growing up I never had the things other kids had growing up around me. Such as a phone or new game consoles, until I got my first job in my first year of high school. So I definitely always felt left out just from that alone. I was born into severe poverty with parents who spent their days smoking weed and overall not really caring much about parenting me and teaching me valuable lessons on how to really be a man. I had to teach myself these skills. This was especially true after my sister was born. I'm about to turn 21. With no motivation, role models, inspiration, or any hope for a good future since I can remember, it's really difficult to keep working just to pay rent and bills. It feels like I'm letting myself suffer just to prolong my suffering further. I don't really know what to do or who to talk to. I made a small friend group in high school and we were really close for a long time. But this last year especially I've really just shut myself away from everyone due to my mental health not allowing me to socialize the way I used to be able to. I go to work, come home, and never socialize with anyone. I was always the one who had to send the first message like "Hey, we should hang out today / tomorrow." But if I am not the one who is making the plans, they refuse to reach out to me even once after months of not speaking. Some people will think: "Well you just got to be the one to start the conversation." I understand that, but it would be nice to just one time to get a "hello" or something purely out of their willingness to engage in conversation with me, because we're "friends".
But I suppose even that's too much to ask from them.
Bit of a rant here. I'm really sorry for all the complaining. I just needed to get this out.
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I'm 16 and over the course of a couple of years I have realized how badly the world is plunging into overstimulation and depression. All people do is numb themselves and anger is a symptom of all of that. All I do is try my best to keep my mental health in shape.
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Mankind has starved his soul while fattening his ego.
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Iām 15 and I can definitely tell that the people who use their phone more seem to be sadder and tend to not talk to others in my school, a lot of those people I know used to be talkative and full of life.
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I was forced to get a smart phone a couple years ago when my flip phone went belly up. I leave it home.
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I'm a millennial. I've been disabled my entire life. The smart phone didn't cause me to give up. The fact that those in authority around the world have proven themselves incompetent and show that they do not care for those around them has caused me to give up on society.
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That the Walton family foundation produced the study is irony of the purest form.
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"It's difficult to identify any big social change," love. The economy. The fact that most people who are employed aren't earning a livable wage and probably have to take some form of abuse to even earn that amount of money. It's the rampant exploitation of individuals and the constant devaluing of human life that has left people despondent. We live in an age of despots who present themselves under the guise of fairly elected democratic governments.
The statistic of unemployment going down but the increase of mental stress and despondency is linked because every day people are expected to go make someone else rich while they barely get by, if even that. The statistic that should be tracked isn't unemployment, it should be gainful employment that provides a livable wage. You'll see that number shift drastically and have the correlating data to support why there is an epidemic of loneliness and suicune. The main difference between Millennials and the earlier generations is that Millennials were fed the promise that through hard work they could succeed, even though most of the 'successful' individuals do little to no work and have done so for years or decades. The difference between Millennials and Gen Z/Alpha is that Gen Z and Alpha see through the bullshit that was fed to Millennials. They're despondent because they know it's not going to get any better, and they can barely live as it is now.
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It's as if we have been conditioned to have feelings about everything, we shouldn't. You don't need to have feelings about every single little thing. Emotional overload.
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@AmeerCorro
6 months ago
Hey everyone, thanks so much for watching :) This topic means a lot to me and itās something I've wanted to explore for a really long time. Please keep in mind that Iām not a formally-trained philosophy scholar, so Iām aware there may be gaps or oversimplifications in how I define and explain these philosophical concepts. This video is specifically for those of us who, like myself, donāt necessarily have a formal background in philosophy. It aims to be an easy-to-digest, subjective take on Gen Z for those who might not be familiar with these topics. So to all the Lyotard, Derrida, and Baudrillard buffs out there, thank you for your patience! If you have your own insights to contribute to the discussion, please share them below! Iām all ears for correction and constructive criticism. Thanks again for being here :)
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