On Fri, Mar 15, 2024 at 8:04 PM Emanuel Berg <in...@dataswamp.org> wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > > So the problem with GenZ seems to be how they are growing up > > and what they are spending their time on; and not their job > > (they are teens!) > > They need other things to do that appeal to them more than > smartphone idling. If such things existed, they would go > for them, I'm confident. > > But it is also how things are presented, what mental picture > they have, which is often incorrect. Today almost all > activities, even pretty mundane things that were once thought > of as relaxing and potentially inclusive to a whole bunch of > people, are presented as elitist pursuits for the select few. > > They think, for example, "Martial arts seems like a lot of > fun, but it is nothing for me, everyone who does it are great > athletes and clearly I'm not." while in reality it is "_A lot_ > of people who does it are great athletes - and the reason why > is because they do it". These kids only need to show up, but > sadly, a lot of them don't, ever. > > So it is a vicious circle, the more they think they have to be > brilliant to do anything the less confident they become from > doing nothing. > > > and not society around them (which they withdraw from). > > Society pushed them away just as much.
I've got a feeling you did not read the article. Jeff