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newsletter issue 236

newsletter issue 236

DECEMBER 19, 2025

DECEMBER 19, 2025

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Gen Z can’t remember the last time they posted on social media. It’s not an attempt to wean off Instagram or become social media sober. Tap through profiles of people in their teens and twenties, and you’ll find the same ‘No posts yet’ text staring back at you. In June, writer Kyle Chayka diagnosed this as ‘posting ennui’ in his New Yorker essay. In his piece, he predicts that we may be moving towards a point called ‘Posting Zero’, where “normal people—the unprofessionalised, uncommodified, unrefined masses—stop sharing things on social media”. Read more about the death of the grid here.


Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is having a fantastic year. It’s TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year (the architects of AI, but still). With algorithms everywhere, it’s getting hard to tell where humans end and press-kit-perfect code begins. If you're looking for a break from this tech fever, in Aramness, a secret Gir lodge, doctor’s orders mean clean air and lion sightings. VIVAMAYR experts explain what truly drives longevity—why gut health and movement matter more than just clean eating, and how small daily choices outweigh fancy diets.

Gen Z can’t remember the last time they posted on social media. It’s not an attempt to wean off Instagram or become social media sober. Tap through profiles of people in their teens and twenties, and you’ll find the same ‘No posts yet’ text staring back at you. In June, writer Kyle Chayka diagnosed this as ‘posting ennui’ in his New Yorker essay. In his piece, he predicts that we may be moving towards a point called ‘Posting Zero’, where “normal people—the unprofessionalised, uncommodified, unrefined masses—stop sharing things on social media”. Read more about the death of the grid here.


Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is having a fantastic year. It’s TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year (the architects of AI, but still). With algorithms everywhere, it’s getting hard to tell where humans end and press-kit-perfect code begins. If you're looking for a break from this tech fever, in Aramness, a secret Gir lodge, doctor’s orders mean clean air and lion sightings. VIVAMAYR experts explain what truly drives longevity—why gut health and movement matter more than just clean eating, and how small daily choices outweigh fancy diets.

 

 

 

Work

Work

AI is having a great year. But these creatives aren’t impressed

AI is having a great year. But these creatives aren’t impressed

Five artists push back against automation, plagiarism, and the death of imagination

Five artists push back against automation, plagiarism, and the death of imagination


A graphic of an empty Instagram grid used to represent Gen Z social media users who don't post

Virtual Life

Virtual Life

Gen Z is always online. They are just not posting anymore

Gen Z is always online. They are just not posting anymore

Exhausted of constant curation, troubled by privacy concerns, a growing number of zero-posters are marking their presence online by saying nothing

Exhausted of constant curation, troubled by privacy concerns, a growing number of zero-posters are marking their presence online by saying nothing

A representational image for how desk lunches may be aging people

Health

Health

Your sad desk lunch is ageing you

Your sad desk lunch is ageing you

Experts from VIVAMAYR share what really drives longevity, how gut health and movement are critical, and why eating clean isn’t enough

Experts from VIVAMAYR share what really drives longevity, how gut health and movement are critical, and why eating clean isn’t enough


 

Places

Places

At this secret Gir lodge, doctor’s orders mean clean air and lion sightings

At this secret Gir lodge, doctor’s orders mean clean air and lion sightings

There’s as much roar as restore at Aramness, where their new wellness programmes trade the white-coat approach for more balance

There’s as much roar as restore at Aramness, where their new wellness programmes trade the white-coat approach for more balance


 

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