“There’s an epidemic affecting our nation’s young people. The epidemic is fear.”
\n\nAs I scrolled through Instagram on my ride downtown to the Snapple Island Ferry Comedy Show, a reel from The Free Press popped up. Professor Arthur Brooks was making the case that “Gen Z is perhaps the most risk-averse generation in history.”
\n\nNow, I’m no psychologist. I’m a social media editor. And I theorize that some of that fear Brooks describes comes from our overexposure to a digital world that, seemingly, has all the answers. And when someone makes a decision outside the purview of algorithmic logic — like buying an abandoned ferry for $280,000 at a city auction — they are at the mercy of, well, being completely clowned.
\n\nThat’s exactly what the news cycle did to Pete Davidson and Colin Jost after they joined a group of investors to buy the decommissioned John F. Kennedy in 2022. Built in 1965, the JFK was the oldest ferry in the Staten Island fleet when it was retired last August due to mechanical failures. Davidson and Jost intended to transform the vessel into a floating entertainment venue.“Davidson, who’s no longer with SNL, might need to call his agent to…
Original source: https://variety.com/