My generation agonises over how to act and what to say. We have to learn to go with the flow | Bertin Huynh

Thanks to social media, gen Z is more perceived and judged than ever before, and we worry over every word and image. An ancient Chinese text shows there’s a better way

Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life

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ike many of my fellow gen-Zs, I am learning the perils of embarking fully into my professional life. My partner and I have spent many nights agonising over career directions, what investments to make and how to map out our next 10, even 20 years.

How lucky am I to do so in this age? Never before have we lived in an era with more information, analysis and hot takes. Artificial intelligence scrapes a billion thoughts to create large language models to outsource our therapy, our grieving and decision making.