How Gen Z Became the Most Gullible Generation

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18. Reliance on social media and "INFLUENCERS"... Enough said.

I hope they will somehow break out of this pattern of depending on sources with no validation. But we have two extremes--those elderly who are insufficiently technology-aware to avoid the phishing and other scams coming their way. Then we have those young enough to have never learned to avoid the manipulations of many on social media or listen with absolute credulity to the videos and advice from popular "influencers"-whose background and expertise may be beyond questionable.

I'm not saying all in the middle are immune to these issues (they most certainly ARE NOT IMMUNE)- just that the extremes of our generations on either side have some particular vulnerabilities. And... we need to address this problem from both vantage points.