Generational Longing — Gen Z’s Idolization of Innocence Past

Is the younger generation’s nostalgia for the past warranted?

Riley York
Pragmatic Wisdom
Published in
6 min readJan 16, 2024

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It’s funny how the human brain can compartmentalize and romanticize times past. The grass has always been greener in prior pastures I suppose.

Growing up in the 80s and 90s I was always jealous I wasn’t born just a little earlier. To…

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Riley York
Pragmatic Wisdom

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