Gen Zs are the first to have grown up entirely in the age of the smartphone. Now many are reflecting on the cost. My report from a festival for Luddites is in @economist.com this week economist.com/united-state...

Rise of the Gen-Z Luddite

Resistance to tech is brewing among digital natives

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A few years ago plant-based meat seemed to be everywhere. But now sales are down—and real meat is on the up. What happened? I wrote about it, for @economist.com www.economist.com/business/202...

The fake-meat industry is in trouble

Business is slowing down. Time to tempt new palates

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Line dancing is no longer the preserve of far-flung cowboys: in nyc there is a gathering happening almost every night. How did it go from “dorky” to “sexy”? I headed down to a Western bar in Brooklyn to find out, for @economist.com 🤠

The latest viral choreography craze? Line dancing

It has moved from honky-tonks to urban bars

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Technology has dulled our sense of wonder. That is a troubling prospect for one group of professionals: magicians 🪄 How are they adapting? For @economist.com’s Christmas issue, I headed to a convention for magicians in Las Vegas, among other places, to find out www.economist.com/interactive/...

How magicians stay relevant in the age of AI

As TikTok dulls the world’s sense of wonder, conjurors are adapting

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How much would you pay for a strawberry? The business of luxury fruit is on the rise in America. For this week's issue of @economist.com, I headed to a vertical strawberry farm in New Jersey to find out why 🍓 www.economist.com/business/202...

Would you pay $19 for a strawberry?

The rise of luxury fruit

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Fragrance may be the smallest category in beauty, but thanks to social media it is growing and changing fast. I fell down TikTok’s perfume rabbit hole for @economist.com (featuring smells of cookies, cat urine and opulent old ladies) economist.com/culture/2025...

TikTok is changing the perfume business

You too can smell like freshly cut grass or a rich old woman

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Beauty routines with a side of Trump, raw milk lattes and “Make America Hot Again” parties: in the lucrative world of fashion and lifestyle influencing, conservatism is gaining clout. For this week's issue of @economist.com, I met the women giving MAGA a makeover www.economist.com/united-state...

The women vying to make conservatism fashionable online

Intellectual dominance is not enough for the MAGA movement. Aesthetic dominance must follow

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