05/23/2026
Offline is the new luxury. The premise is simple: people are finally breaking the chains of big tech and social media, spending less time online and more time offline. We’re already seeing Gen-Z take up “granny hobbies” like knitting, pottery and gardening. Young people are embracing slower pastimes while escaping the infinite doomscroll. Much of the appeal is the fundamental shift from consumption to production: a desire to create something tangible, as previous generations did. -Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes