An optimistic and nuanced portrait of a generation that has much to
teach us about how to live and collaborate in our digital world.
Born since the mid-1990s, members of Generation Z comprise the first
generation never to know the world without the internet, and the most
diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and
enter the workforce, what do we really know about them? And what can we
learn from them? Gen Z, Explained is the authoritative portrait of
this significant generation. It draws on extensive interviews that
display this generation's candor, surveys that explore their views and
attitudes, and a vast database of their astonishingly inventive lexicon
to build a comprehensive picture of their values, daily lives, and
outlook. Gen Z emerges here as an extraordinarily thoughtful, promising,
and perceptive generation that is sounding a warning to their elders
about the world around them--a warning of a complexity and depth the "OK
Boomer" phenomenon can only suggest.
Much of the existing literature about Gen Z has been highly judgmental.
In contrast, this book provides a deep and nuanced understanding of a
generation facing a future of enormous challenges, from climate change
to civil unrest. What's more, they are facing this future head-on,
relying on themselves and their peers to work collaboratively to solve
these problems. As Gen Z, Explained shows, this group of young people
is as compassionate and imaginative as any that has come before, and
understanding the way they tackle problems may enable us to envision new
kinds of solutions. This portrait of Gen Z is ultimately an optimistic
one, suggesting they have something to teach all of us about how to live
and thrive in this digital world.
