| ▲ | PaulHoule 2 hours ago | |
This movie based on the work of Robert Putnam is an essential backgrounder on the topic. Yet, if you're concerned about Gen Z, 2-4 are aspirational at best. Churches, clubs, live music events, and every other group my son attends have a lot of people who are 35+ and children that tag along but the 18-30 demo is almost absolutely absent at events away from the local colleges and universities. [1] It's quite depressing for someone his age who is looking to connect with his cohort in person. Leaders of groups are somewhere between outright hostile, completely indifferent, or well-meaning but unable to do anything about the "cold start" problem. I'm sympathetic to the argument of Ancient Wisdom Tradition (AWT) practitioners that secularism is to blame, but my consistent advice to anyone is you can control what you can control and that secularism would not have encroached as much as it has if AWT organizations weren't asleep at the switch if not doing the devil's work for him. Personally in the last year I've found a lot of meaning being an event photographer for this group https://fingerlakesrunners.org/ where I know you can find some people in the 18-30 hole because I read their age off their bibs. My son is doing all the ordinary things and I am supporting him in all the ordinary ways but I do believe extraordinary times require extraordinary methods. I can't advise that anyone follow my path but I felt a calling to shamanism two years ago which recently became real, I "go out" as https://mastodon.social/@UP8/115901190470904729 who is a "kidult" and who embodies [2] the wisdom, calm and presence of a 1000-year old fox who's earned his nine tails. In one of the worlds I inhabit I'd call this a "platform" for gathering information and making interventions as it builds rapport and bypasses barriers and the social isolation of Gen Z is my top priority for activism in my circle of influence. [1] ... and our data there seems to indicates that Asian students seem to be OK and white kids, if they do anything at all, drink. [2] ... at least aspires to | ||