Market researchers are trying to understand what Generation Z (born 1997 to 2012) people want in retail products, in entertainment, in jobs, etc. -- of course they are. And they're not the only ones. Even members of Gen Z themselves are trying to do that.
One Gen Z writer sees something she doesn't want to be a part of:
"They say my generation are wasting our lives watching mindless entertainment. But I think things are worse than that. We are now turning our lives into mindless entertainment. Not just consuming slop but becoming it."
"Influencers" make their lives into a tv series on social media (photo) complete with trailers, cliffhangers, finales--with wedding episodes, new house episodes, baby episodes, etc. ("I have this horrible feeling now that some of us are having children for views! Babies for clicks!")
For her own life, she wants big personal moments with no camera rolling and no one posting it on Instagram.
from We Are the Slop
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