Remember YOLO (you only live once), the acronym that went mainstream in the early 2010s and adorned millions of ‘carpe diem’ style social media posts? Well, the YOLO spirit is alive once again no thanks to an experience that put life into perspective. It’s unsurprising that this life’s-too-short mantra would ignite after a period of extended hardship – similarly challenging times like war and the Spanish flu made way for the roaring 20s and disco, movements that saw people’s inhibitions lifted.

Read the full article by Emma Johansen on New Digital Age here.