From digital detox → tech celibacy

Nothing company + phones (specifically on TikTok)

Rise of membership clubs (Switchyards, Wellness spaces…)

Everlane bought by Shein (once environmental conscious brands are digging their own grave by selling out to other corporations to maintain operations)

Clubbing revival? (Heated Rivalry effect?)

The growing fight against AI on a political/policy, and physical level (ie. data centers)

Moral superiority complex : no room for nuance; "Separating the art from the artist" (i.e. JK Rowling) → Why only the "pure" are allowed to create?

Self-diagnosing or social media help for medical advice → Is this mainly an American phenomenon due to health care failures or net positive for accessibility and education?

Gilead slag in The Testaments → How language has shifted from the original to a new demographic (“which we already received with job”, “pray”→ omg/like)

Narcissist convo → Suddenly everyone is a narcissist, psychopath, psychopath: Helpful analogy or continued weaponization of therapy speak? Why we say things without caring what they mean?

NFC tag DIY revolution (Brick $60 vs NFC $9)

Niche tech over big tech (the rise of the Nothing phone; Tincan; ReMarkable)

Pope Leo “Ai as a new Tower of Babel”→ the tech Messiah : Are AI innovators (the white men) trying to build a god or become Gods themselves?