I'm not sure if being born in '86 makes me a geriatric millennial, but I certainly find that I identify far more with the popular notion of Gen Z than the popular notion of millennials -- and I generally find the same is true amongst my fellow millennials, who have no interest in hustle culture, in dedicating their lives to their work, etc.
I think, much as millennials were a decade ago, Gen Z is just a straw man to explain why the world is the way it is. It's the same thing that happens with, for instance, interest rates -- financial reporters always ascribe central interest rates to a particular phenomenon, but as soon as their preferred cause proves unrelated, they find a new certain cause.
I think, much as millennials were a decade ago, Gen Z is just a straw man to explain why the world is the way it is. It's the same thing that happens with, for instance, interest rates -- financial reporters always ascribe central interest rates to a particular phenomenon, but as soon as their preferred cause proves unrelated, they find a new certain cause.