Jeremiah Johnson on Why Gen Z Isn’t Actually Doomed
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To me, the interesting thing is not why, you know, should we argue about lunch? Who's correct about the question of the $28 lunch? What's interesting here is why do we all think that society is doomed, that this generation is doomed, when the numbers and the reality on the ground just don't bear that out. And now the good fight. with Yasha Monk.
Why do so many people today have such a relentlessly negative view of the world, thinking that a host of measures that have measurably gotten better over the last 30 or 40 years are supposedly worse? Why is it that trust in institutions is at record lows. And why is it that philosophical liberal ideas in particular have such hard standing in a lot of public discussions, particularly on social media? Have the transformations of the media and the large role that social media now plays in our lives
just spiked the football, if that is the right American sports metaphor, against the ideals of liberalism, against political moderation, making it easier for extremists of all kinds to win political victories. And is there something that liberals can do about that? Is it possible to engage in social media in ways that don't strengthen the extremists that actually make space for a community of people fighting for more moderate points of view. Well, to think through these questions, I have invited onto the podcast Jeremiah Johnson.
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