21st Century Skills

Something a college student made up just before graduation to make their resume look stronger to a potential employer.

Interviewee: I have 21st Century Skills.
Interviewer: What does that mean?
Interviewee: I know how to twitter and stuff. I'm hired now and will get my first promotion next week!
Interviewer. Get the fuck out of my office! Please. Just go.

by inteljoe June 13, 2016

21st century schizoid man

A song by a band called King Crimson. The song was released in 1969 along their first album in The Court of the Crimson King.

“21st century schizoid man is one of the better songs by King Crimson in some people’s opinion.”

by A skinny dude February 22, 2021

21st Century Schizoid Man

A-one, two, three, four
Two, two, three
Cat's foot, iron claw
Neurosurgeons scream for more
Paranoia's poison door
21st century schizoid man
Blood rack, barbed wire

Politicians funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
21st century schizoid man
Death seed, blind man's greed
Poets starving, children bleed
Nothing he's got, he really needs
21st century schizoid man

by Death Menace May 2, 2023

21st century scholarship

The scholarship that you tell all your friends you have but u actually only have it cause your parents are broke.

Guy #1: Hey dude I got the 21st Century Scholarship!

Guy #2: Oh you mean the pity scholarship?

by Ayeskyzone December 16, 2017

21st Century Surveillance

see...EYE IN THE SKY...STAWKA DEANGELOS....DIRTY COWARDS....DEW(DIRECT ENERGY WEAPONS).

21ST CENTURY SURVEILLANCE, youll have absolutely no privacy. 21st century surveillance the USA law enforcement is using weapons of war on its citizens. what else is new.

by reeeetaaaaad June 3, 2023

Sociology of the Masses of the 21st Century

The study of how large populations organize, behave, and transform in an era defined by digital connectivity, algorithmic curation, and global information flows. 21st-century masses are fundamentally different from their predecessors—they're simultaneously more fragmented (everyone in personalized bubbles) and more connected (able to coordinate instantly across continents). The sociology examines how masses form around shared content (viral videos, memes, hashtags) rather than shared location, how they're mobilized by algorithms rather than leaders, and how they exert power through attention rather than physical presence. It also examines the new institutions that manage masses—platforms, data brokers, content moderators—and the new forms of mass action—cancel culture, meme warfare, online movements. Understanding 21st-century masses means understanding that the crowd is now in your pocket, always potentially active, always watching.

Example: "She studied the sociology of the masses of the 21st century and realized that every scroll was a potential gathering, every like a potential vote, every share a potential mobilization. The masses weren't in the streets; they were in their feeds, waiting for the right trigger. When it came, they could materialize anywhere, instantly. Power had shifted from those who controlled territory to those who controlled attention."

by Dumu The Void February 16, 2026