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Are Gen Z the Status-Seeking Generation?
‘Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.’ —George Orwell, In Front of Your Nose (1945) I was born on the border between Gen Y and Gen Z. I guess you could call me a Zillennial. But only a Millennial would call themselves a Zillennial. The term reeks of desperation. Desperation to remain adjacent to whatever generation is currently cool. And let’s face it, Millennials aren’t cool. They’re uncs. They’re cringe. They’re chopped. And yet, the term Zillennial isn’t altogether useless. Because there is…
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