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☆ I work a second job to pay off $86,000 in student-loan debt. The cancellation helps, but I'll never get my 20s back.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-29 | by ( Fortesa Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sarah had $86,000 in student loans by the time she graduated and qualifies for forgiveness. All the money I'd paid had gone toward the interest on the loans, and that really freaked me out. I ended up taking a second job as a contract worker to pay my loans. My brother is laser-focused on graduating and getting into his chosen field, so I think student debt is the last thing on his mind right now. Even if one day I paid off all my loans and 30 days later, all student loans were forgiven, I would still be happy.

☆ Gen Z mistrusts everything — big business, government, other people, you name it
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-25 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

With that question, The Washington Post's technology columnist, Taylor Lorenz, kicked off a recent Aspen Institute panel entitled "Can Gen Z Trust Their Elders?" Across the board, members of Gen Z are less inclined to trust major institutions than their elders are. Add all these factors up, and Gen Z is looking more and more like it will become permanently mistrustful. Why doesn't Gen Z trust anyone? According to a report by Edelman, seven in 10 members of Gen Z say "they will fact-check" any claim made by a business or advertiser.

☆ How an Xprize-winning group developed an AI assistant to help African farmers increase their crops and adapt to the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-10 | by ( Sarah Belle Lin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Penn State's PlantVillage uses technology solutions and field teams to increase farmers' crop yield. As warming temperatures spawn more crop pests, groups, including PlantVillage, are increasingly using artificial intelligence to protect agriculture. Each year, plant diseases cost the global economy more than $220 billion, while invasive insects cost at least $70 billion. The climate crisis increases crop diseases and pests — like the desert locust, which could spread because of warming temperatures. Farmers are encouraged to plant trees with biochar, a soil additive that can store carbon dioxide for centuries.

☆ I'm a 'cart girl' on a golf course. I make good money and the tips are steady, but customers can get handsy.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Fortesa Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ellie Dressler, 20, works as a "cart girl" on a golf course, serving drinks. We're all over the app — young women who make their living driving a bar cart around a golf course and serving the golfers beverages. Then I drive around the golf course all day and serve people drinks. I've started doing a series on TikTok called "Ridiculous But True Stories of a Golf Cart Girl." Not bad for a cart girl.

☆ Insider Life: Digital nomad invasion — 'Free' Botox — Tiffany revival
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-16 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As "digital nomads" flock to far-flung destinations to set up shop, they're leaving a negative impact in their wake. Set JetAn aviation firm is giving travelers a taste of the high life by offering private-jet flights for as low as $450. For the first time in a decade, the Las Vegas Strip has a new casino — and this one is a $4.3 billion crypto-friendly resort. Resorts World Las Vegas, which opened June 24, has tech-forward amenities like "cashless wagering," and a tunnel that connects it to the Las Vegas Convention Center via Teslas. This summer, well-off travelers are turning to nature — and everything from luxury campsites to Gucci are jumping on the trend.

☆ First-time voters for Bernie Sanders don't care about his age, say he speaks to what matters to them and would've voted for him in 2016
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-09 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

College students who support Sen. Bernie Sanders and will be voting for the first time in 2020 say the senator's age is not an issue to them. Sam Johnston, 18, and Anthony Schulte, 19, at a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa City on March 8, 2019. Johnston, Schulte, and Olaniyi all said they would've voted for Sanders in 2016 if they could've at the time. Aluna Olaniyi, 18, at a rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa City on March 8, 2019. Read more: Read Bernie Sanders' full speech from his first Iowa 2020 campaign rally"He's a strong leader," Buhr added.

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