Why Are We So Obsessed with the ’90s?

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Every generation goes through cycles of nostalgia, but Gen Z’s longing for a time that predates their memory feels like a cerebral exit ramp for the mess we’re in. Amid warnings of AI apocalypse, consumerist churn and chronic loneliness, the ’90s offers a digital-analog sweet spot. A middle-class household might have had one computer with internet; accessible but not following you around all day. “When we ask young people to describe what really interests them about this time period, they talk about wanting more intentional relationships with tech,” said Clay Routledge, a psychologist specializing in nostalgia. “It’s not a rejection of technology. It’s more a sense of how do we get the balance right.”

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