Gen Z is the most financially savvy generation

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Photo collage representing Gen Z's future wealth

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America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia

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Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.
Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.

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From barbers to firefighters, the most AI-proof jobs are blue collar

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Jobs like nursing, plumbing, and hair-cutting will be safe from AI. And certain blue-collar industries are even booming.

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They got out of prison. Then the city gave them $7,200 — no strings attached.

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A woman and her family in front of a globe collage of money, childcare and work.
All across America, the evidence is overwhelming: Universal basic income is working.

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In the spring of 2022, Tydricka Lewis finally bought a car that started every time she asked it to and no longer left her stranded.

Can anyone save the internet? Neal Agarwal is trying, one Hampster Dance at a time.

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In Agarwal's creations, you can see an urgent attempt to resurrect an internet that was messy and unpredictable — and all the better for it.

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Insurance companies have discovered devious new ways to rip you off

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Insurance is supposed to make you feel secure from tragedies — but companies are eager to make dealing with them a nightmare.

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The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

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Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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Millennials and Gen Z are banking on an inheritance from their boomer parents. That's a big mistake.

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A dollar cake is being cut up by old and wealthy people.
Boomers are rolling in financial assets. But they are probably going to spend all their savings before they can pass anything down to their children.

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Working in Silicon Valley used to be fun. Now it's just another miserable corporate gig.

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Tech bro appearing disinterested while working in an office setting, with a chain linking their hand and briefcase.
Employee satisfaction among tech workers has plummeted, falling in line with workers in finance and consulting — industries that often compete for the same pool of talent.

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Big Tech made America lonely. Now it needs to fix the crisis it helped create.

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In a black glitchy abyss of floating glowing boxes full of lonely people on some form of technological device, two boxes float near each other towards connection.
Big Tech's obsession with feeding customers exactly what they want made Americans lonely. Now the industry has a chance to redeem itself.

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Now the industry needs to help bring us back together

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