How Gen Z protected their peace too hard and now has no one

Check out Pair Eyewear here https://paireyewear.yt.link/eukpPP9 and get 15% off your first Pair! Thank you Pair for sponsoring this video! MERCH https://ashley-embers-shop.fourthwall... BONUS CONTENT || Join the community over at my Patreon at   / ashleyembers   for all behind-the-scenes content! Spotify Podcast || https://open.spotify.com/show/7JoJYDw... Find me on tiktok   / ashleyembers   TIME STAMPS 00:00 - intro 02:03 - my, myself, & I 06:22 - Pair Eyewear 07:46 - the influencer pedestal 12:15 - the birth of individualism 15:20 - country vs. corporation 19:36 - where's my village? 22:22 - sick, single, & miserable 26:45 - final thoughts REFERENCES & RESOURCES Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us - https://amzn.to/41IBIiN The Lonely Century: How to Restore Human Connection in a World That's Pulling Apart - https://amzn.to/41ZoM9G How the West became a self-obsessed culture - https://www.vox.com/science-and-healt... 10+ Essential Gen Z Statistics For Businesses & Marketing - https://www.businessdasher.com/gen-z-... 57% of Gen Zers want to be influencers - https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/14/more-... I’m in Love With Myself: The Age of Digital Narcissism - https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a... Freedom for the Wolves - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc... The Fight to Be Kind in a Self-Centered Culture -   / the-fight-to-be-kind-in-a-self-centered-cu...   'You don't owe anyone anything' - https://nadiameli.substack.com/p/you-... CONTACT ME My name is ashley, if you didn't know ;)   / ashley_embers_   Business Inquiries: [email protected] Personal inquiries: [email protected] #Idontoweanyoneanything #genz #protectyourpeace #neoliberalism #lonelinessepidemic #socialmedia #videoessay #motherhoodinprogress #PairPartner ‪@PairEyewear‬