Future of being young and restless
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NPR
Teenagers may not need as much face-to-face interaction as earlier generations to feel connected. And that may explain why a study finds they're not feeling as lonely, either.
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Pacific Standard
Feeling disillusioned by ... almost everything? You're not alone. That angst actually has a name—Weltschmerz, or "world pain" in German—and its history can tell us a lot about our current cultural moment of dissonance and the future of America.
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Medium
Many teens feel as though they’re in a no-win situation when it comes to sharing information online: damned if they publish their personal thoughts to public spaces, and damned if they create private…
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The Telegraph
As a study reveals a sharp rise in the number of schoolgirls at risk of emotional problems, Allison Pearson says we need to embolden our daughters to fight back against pornography - however embarrassing it may be
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The Awl
by Manisha Aggarwal-SchifelliteIn the fall of 1949, the editors of Esquire magazine published Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts, billed as the “all-time, all-knowing, all-inclusive, all-man reference book on ‘Eat, Drink, and Be Merry.’” The Handbook included recipes, drink ideas, ...
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Techcrunch
Foursquare, Google Latitude and Facebook Nearby Friends failed to change the way we all meet up. That’s because intent, not location, is the most important thing when connecting people offline. If we want to meet up for food, coffee, drinks, the gym, a party or just to chill, it’s tough to know who else does too. […]
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Yahoo!
Sounds fun, actuallybut not for Sears, Macy's, and JCPenney.
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Quartz
Technology is good at making us feel connected, even when in reality we feel hopelessly alone.
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Pew Research Center
More than six years after the Great Recession ended, almost 10.2 million teens and young adults in the U.S. are neither working nor in school.
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The Wall Street Journal
Almost 40% of young Americans were living with their parents, siblings or other relatives in 2015, the largest percentage since 1940, an analysis showed.
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Medium
You know Generation X. The ones who skateboarded through high school with flannel shirts and angry music during a period of economic stability. The ones who criticized the establishment while…
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The Verge
Accepting this idea would mean changing our policies
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The Next Web
Rumors of the demise of the human workforce have been exaggerated, but certain segments are still at risk. According to a recent study teens are most likely to lose out to automation. Say goodbye to your summer jobs.
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Medium
Humankind is facing unprecedented revolutions. How can we prepare ourselves and our children for a world of such unprecedented transformations and radical uncertainties?
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Newsweek
They see themselves as rebels, standing up against a suffocating progressive culture. Do these young Trump supporters hold the key to 2020?
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Real Time with Bill Maher
Subscribe to the Real Time YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r5A1BIn his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher doffs his cap those who live life on the edge, without regard...
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APA Psycnet
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MoonSnack
Unplugged is an experimental documentary examining how intimacy and community have been affected in an increasingly digital age. It begs the question - How d...
