2025 Marks the Start of the Gen Beta Era
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/31/2220243/2025-marks-the-start-of-the-gen-beta-era
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> Start and end dates of generations can be murky, but Generation Beta will keep being born until around 2039. Before them, Gen Alpha stretched from 2010 to 2024, Gen Z from around 1996 to 2010, and millennials from 1981 to 1996. The upcoming generation "will inherit a world grappling with major societal challenges," wrote demographer and futurist Mark McCrindle in a [2]blog post . "With climate change, global population shifts, and rapid urbanisation at the forefront, sustainability will not just be a preference but an expectation." [...]
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> Just like Gen Z and Gen Alpha, Gen Beta will grow up with social media, though it's still unknown how those mediums will evolve in the next decade-plus. But other experts predict that Gen Z parents might choose to shield their kids from being chronically online, a stereotype that has come to define Gen Alpha. While older millennial parents tend to integrate technology into their Gen Alpha kids' lives, McCrindle wrote that Gen Z parents might take a different approach with their future Gen Beta children. "Generation Z know more about both the positives and challenges that come with social media use from a young age," McCrindle wrote. "As the most technologically savvy generation of parents, Gen Z see the benefits of technology and screen time, but equally they see the downsides of it and are pushing back on technology and the age at which their children access and engage with it."
[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/generation-beta-starting-2025-ai-tech-like-never-before-rcna184732
[2] https://mccrindle.com.au/article/generation-beta-defined/
Lame name..rush for naming credit (Score:2)
So in the rush to name the next generation and claim the naming credit, they go with yet another letter. Lame.
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I like to call them Eloi...
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from the original Aramaic,
âoeEloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?â
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I'm afraid not. From the original Wellsian by way of Weena's people.
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Yeah, it's especially stupid to attempt pre-defining a social generation without knowing what's going to happen and whether the next 14 years will somehow make sense in terms of a cohesive grouping.
But then, that's about that level of intelligence I'd expect from a blogger who self-identifies as a "futurist".
Gen Z waking up to reality? (Score:1)
Older millennial parents tend to integrate tech into their gen alpha lives? Gen Z knowing more about positives and challenges? FFS, middle and older Millennials and older gens learned the hard way how the internet operated. Gen Z never got the memo that "If it's free, you're the product," and that LilBonita2010 *is not* a 14 year old girl that lives the next town over, that the "olds" before them knew. GenZ is not the most tech savvy, by any stretch.
The stupidity I see daily in Gen Z age group vs. Mille
Then Gen Prerelease, then Gen Release (Score:2)
Generations after that will be DLC.
Dear Gen Beta (Score:2)
Dear Gen Beta
Please don't be whiny entitled screen addicts like your parents (yes that's our fault).
All the best
Grandpa
Re: Dear Gen Beta (Score:2)
Some old boomers are whiny screen addicts, see rsilvergun for example. You just can't call him grandpa because he's an incel.
One thing we do know (Score:2)
is that there will be a lot fewer of them.
Anyway after Gen z should be Gen [ then Gen \
Gen Z as parents will be just fine (Score:2)
Gen X parent of GenZ kids here. I used to be proud of being kind of latchkey, and going out to do things like fishing instead of constant screen time. In reality, the amount of Apple II, Nintendo, MTV, etc. screen time was quite significant. And I find my kids love to go out to hang with friends at boba joints or go fishing. Honestly, from where I stand, I think in general Gen Z will be great people and sensible parents.
Oh great (Score:2)
Insert beta cuck jokes here!