How will Gen Z's status as digital natives help shape our post-covid society?
Channel: EFF-Austin
Date: 2020-07-17

Our speaker this month is Anne Boysen. Social change doesn’t happen as a direct result of a new technology, a new invention or scientific discovery. It happens when many people take action in response to these events, often in unexpected ways. As a futurist Anne has spent much of her career striving to unpack these issues, particularly to gain a better understanding of how generational shifts impact society. Trained as a futurist at the University of Houston and with a special interest in using data analytics and content analysis for insights Anne has helped a number of leading companies and organizations and is a popular keynote speaker across continents and industry sectors. Her work has been featured in leading news media in several countries. She splits her time as a researcher and consultant for her own company After the Millennials and for Futurist.com.

The global Covid 19 pandemic will have profound effects on society and will trigger aftershocks that will resound differently for each generation. Are young people more or less able to handle the crisis, and in which ways will it shape their future? How will Generation Z adapt to this new reality? Might they even help us reset society to lead us in a more sustainable direction? Specifically, will their status as digital natives give them the tools and resiliency to navigate a new post-Covid world where success will be increasingly linked to one's ability to thrive in virtual as opposed to physical spaces? We will have an early look into how our youngest and most digitally connected generation of young adults responds this unprecedented crisis.

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