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

Like 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.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao

The name that can be named is not the eternal name

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