Simon Sinek on Generation Z

19 Jul 2019 · 0 min

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Transcript excerpt from a July 2019 discussion featuring Simon Sinek (and a second speaker) about Generation Z. The speakers praise Gen Z's activism while noting liabilities such as rising social-media addiction, suicide, depression, and anxiety as they come of age amid political tension and global stress. The piece frames youth activism alongside concerns about mental health and societal pressures.

I love that they're an activist generation. They're not just hashtagging their discontent, they're arranging rallies and they're actually showing up.
They're coming of age right now, and.
They'Re coming of age.
In a time of stress in the world. They're seeing.
Tension in.
Their own countries, political divides that we have never seen before.
And this is forming their worldview.
I think some of the liabilities that their generation has to face and has to deal with is that we are seeing increasing rates of addiction to social media and suicide, depression, anx.
And we're letting young people grow up and just hoping that it works out.
But why not teach them? Why not guide how to interact with other human beings? What's appropriate and what's inappropriate? We can take responsibility for teaching some of these skills.