Michael Ian Black: Gen Z Grew Up in Complete Political Chaos and Somehow Came Out Happy

My son turns 23 next week. He was born seven months before 9/11, which means his life has traced some of the most chaotic years of American history.

From terrorism to war to a global financial collapse; from the rise of American illiberalism to the election of the first kleptomaniacal president to the first global pandemic in a hundred years; from a Big Lie about a stolen election to what was either a violent insurrection or a “normal tourist visit”—he’s already seen it all.

Moreover, he enters the workforce at a time when AI threatens to upend entire industries, which could refashion the economy in a way unseen since the Industrial Revolution. Then again, the climate crisis may make the coming economic upheaval moot.

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