Their predictions for the environment were near-fatalistic, even just over the next 10 years.
The VICE Guide to 2030
By sharing their critiques of the world in 2019, and their vision for the world in 2030, our Gen Z readers have already offered us all a roadmap for how we should shape this decade so that we’re set up for the next.
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Well-Being
While staying realistic about global challenges, Gen Z respondents were optimistic overall: The majority predicted that by 2030, we will have universal healthcare.
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Identity
Overall, Gen Z respondents appeared adamant about protecting people’s freedom to be themselves or break from the norm—whether that means breaking down stigma against multiracial relationships or ensuring diversity education in workplaces and schools.
More Gen Z respondents than any other generation reported identifying as not heterosexual, not cis-gender, and not rigidly masculine or feminine.
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Work & Education
When it came to careers and education, our Gen Z respondents showed a clear belief that creativity and ambition are the keys to success—rather than, for instance, getting good grades and climbing the corporate ladder.
The majority of Gen Z respondents were confident that AI won’t devastate the job market and online classes won’t replace in-person education.
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Activism
The 2010s seemed to signal the dawn of a new era in activism, where youth are leading the way. It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that on the topics of activism and politics, the overwhelming sentiment coming from Gen Z respondents was: We’re on it.
Gen Z responses implied an expectation that the next decade is going to require an increase in political engagement.
"It's much more stigmatized to say you're a capitalist, in my experience."
This is what they predicted.