In 2025, babies will be born who will become the first representatives of the Beta generation. Followers of the generational theory* believe that the time range for the new generation is 2025-2039. Generation Beta will have to live in a world where AI and automation are boring everyday life and environmental and demographic problems have not gone away.
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According to futurist and sociologist Mark McCrindle, author of the term Generation Alpha, cited by The New York Post, children of Zeta parents will face difficult challenges: “climate change, global demographic changes and rapid urbanization.”
In the fight for a clean and comfortable world, the Beta generation will be helped by AI, which by then will be “fully integrated” into all areas of life “from education and work to healthcare and industry.” of entertainment.”
McCrindle also noted that Generation Beta will not have the same worship of technology and devices as Generation Alpha, as both they and their parents will see limiting online time as a normal practice and not a manipulative practice.
Another analyst and expert in the study of generational patterns, Jason Dorsey, suggested that the fact that young descendants grow up in a “post-pandemic world” will also be important. They will know about the coronavirus epidemic only from history lessons (to them, what happened in 2019-2021 will seem neutral and not a “current event” that causes intense emotions).
By the time the “betas” are allowed to participate in elections, key positions in business and politics of world powers will probably be occupied by representatives of generation Z. By 2035, the “betas” themselves will already represent about 16% of the planet. , sociologists believe.
* according to this theory, people born in a specific period are united by common values; A distinction is made between Generation
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