Gen Z male return to religion taken from a Kierkegaardian perspective: If “levelling” in 1846 was the press manufacturing the public, these algorithms are far worse, as they level one’s identity into a feed of rapidly changing content with zero internal standard It makes sense to see young men, raised in an algorithmically “leveled” society, turn towards more disciplined forms of Christianity Experiencing performed opinions and constant “dunking”, with nothing at stake, is the feat of dialectics we see in skill and cleverness replacing courage, decision, and action. What’s interesting is the return is inherently “levelling” itself via the same driving force of algorithms! “Traditional masculinity” and religious content are levelling mechanisms themselves. If a rivival runs through podcasts and short form content, it can’t be different from “the public” - it’s just a new “crowd”, which can create another condition of “reflection” without action (true belief/faith). A new “feat of skill” that looks like passion from the outside I don’t have clear takeaway from this, and I’m not as well read as I’d like to be on the topic, but I was reading “The Present Age” and this parallel came about Who am I even talking to anyways? this is a notes app