Edition No. 74 · Fri 4 Sept 2026 · Story 18 of 24

"The 'Gen Z stare' and the decline of saying things out loud"

The Washington Post

Ariana Eunjung Cha writes on the Gen Z stare and the finding that we speak fewer words every year.

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