humblespace

had an interesting conversation today about youths and decreasing alcohol consumption anecdote: friend went clubbing and most of the youths on the dance floor rejected alcohol, choosing to club sober quick google search suggests that the trend has been ongoing globally for sometime since early 2000s, from boomers to millenials to gen Zs i do feel that the trend of youths consuming lesser alcohol was made more prominent post-covid here are some reasons cited: 1. health & wellness 2. financial aspects 3. alternative substances (not applicable in singapore) personally resonate with points 1 & 2 and Singapore's nightlife has been slowly dying out as a result of costs and policies related: https://t.me/humblespace/760 reads: • https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3344930/asias-gen-z-go-sober-alcohol-producers-and-bars-revamp-business-model • https://movendi.ngo/news-stories/asias-gen-z-drives-alcohol-norm-shift-as-industry-scrambles-to-adapt/ • https://www.straitstimes.com/life/a-waste-of-money-and-time-gen-z-and-millennials-are-over-traditional-nightlife

importance of writing will start mattering more as society starts delegating to AI (im guilty sometimes)

anecdotally, i hear a lot of friends telling me how much their parents are spending online shopping on tiktok shops, shopee, and more weekly parcels of random objects that seemed a priority at the point of impulse

share of consumer spending by age group

Metacognition https://x.com/alexeixbt/status/2088977666636489068?s=20

Podcast for GTM https://x.com/davidsenra/status/2087539603024789569?s=20

The Cognitive Cost of Brain Rot: Indirect Effects on Depression via Burnout, Stress, and Anxiety source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00332941261450856

How personality changes with age. -Blue: Neuroticism -Green: Extraversion -Red: Openness to experience -Orange: Agreeableness -Purple: Conscientiousness

Anticipatory Grief https://open.substack.com/pub/theebookclubx/p/youll-suffer-more-in-your-head-than

I think social media has made this difference even easier to miss. Knowledge has become another aesthetic. Books become decorations before they become companions. Quotes travel farther than reflection. Reading lists grow faster than understanding. There is nothing wrong with sharing what you’re learning. I love seeing people excited about ideas. The strange part begins when looking thoughtful becomes more important than actually thinking.

https://open.substack.com/pub/hasifcore/p/genuine-curiosity-will-always-beat

Gear Acquisition Syndrome