E-commerce and online shopping have become increasingly popular, with many young Indonesians using platforms like Tokopedia and Shopee to purchase products and services. The growth of digital payments, like Ovo and Gopay, has also facilitated financial transactions and opened up new opportunities for financial inclusion.
Climate anxiety is real. Kids growing up in North Jakarta, where the streets flood biweekly and the city is literally sinking, have a gallows humor about the apocalypse. Activism is rising, but so is a sense of learned helplessness. The trend of "quiet quitting" environmentalism is replaced by "loud" survivalism.