‘We’re living in a capitalist hellscape’: The people learning about money on social media
The old model of financial literacy assumed you would have a stable job, incremental savings and a pension plan
Generation Z
Is too much screentime damaging children and teenagers’ brains?
A recent US study claims the younger generation has become ‘cognitively stunted’ by an overreliance on digital technology
Is a plumbing career the answer to surviving AI?
Skilled trades regarded as safe from automation but still face social resistance
‘Digital fatigue’ rising among Irish phone users, Deloitte survey finds
Younger people more likely to believe they are using their phone too much
Bangladesh’s Gen Z voters pin hopes on jobs, governance and freedom
Youth unemployment and economic frustration drive demand for political change
Heated seats controversy highlights the perils of connected car tech
The connected car was supposed to be a solution, but will it become a problem?
Is it any wonder Gen Z has embraced dark, gallows humour?
Within the indifferent irony, destructive memes and satirical tweets lies an authoritative psychological method of comfort
A sick joke is being played on all of us – we’re being infantilised by convenience tech
Shortcuts are no harm occasionally. But when we shortcut everything, what do we lose?
Words and phrases of 2025: Romo, forked, grey rocking and the Gen Z stare
Did you ‘floodlight’ on a first date? Were you ‘aura farming’ on Instagram? Some terms, once heard, couldn’t be unheard
Don’t blame Gen Z, ‘financial flexing’ is nothing new
Social media has only increased the pressure to flaunt spending, but there is an alternative
No generation is the best. None is the worst. We are all great. We are all appalling
Alpha, beta, boomers, Joneses: confusion reigns about the ‘gen’ paramaters, never mind which is the greatest
Younger people have taken control of their finances, for better and worse
Investing from your phone has brought great advantages, but pitfalls too
Does a Pacino-De Niro bromance ad contain the seeds of a cure for male loneliness?
With their depictions of fun buddy bonding – harking back to a time before technology swallowed communication – Madison Avenue is modelling the sort of friendships that are waning in society
The vibes-based politics that elected Catherine Connolly are powerful, but ultimately empty
Can she be president for voters who stayed at home as well as those who came out to vote in protest?
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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