Youngsters

Laments youth disengagement from politics and social issues. Notes that none of the author's 700+ Facebook friends list politics as an interest, calling young people 'horses for media' who follow hype rather than substance. A call for the generation to pay attention — written before social media activism became mainstream.

Highlights

• The data point — 700+ Facebook friends. Zero list politics as an interest.
• The diagnosis — Young people are 'horses for media' — they follow the hype cycle, not substance.
• The context — Written in 2013, before hashtag activism, before 'engagement' became a metric. Prescient in some ways.

Originally published at chalolet.blogspot.com