“Digital natives.” That’s what they call Gen Z.
It’s a reminder to all of us “analog oldsters” that members of Gen Z were born into a different world than Boomers, Gen X’ers and older Millennials.
The Z-crowd — basically teens and young adults — doesn’t remember a time before texting, TikTok and Venmo.
(READ MORE: What Chattanooga’s Gen Z thinks about the modern workplace)
Our older son once did a one-off video with some college friends on TikTok that got millions and millions of looks; and then he shrugged and immediately retired from the platform. (I’m trying to imagine writing one column in 1982 that got 30 million reads and then deciding writing was too easy to be fun.)