A screaming child who had his iPad taken might come to your mind. Alpha Kids are reportedly not doing well in school and many are subject to the algorithms of today. They will have a front row seat to the future we are headed towards.
Do you have hope that Generation Alpha will live happy and fulfilling lives?
Honestly, a little, because Gen Z gives me some hope. A lot of them are more politically and environmentally and socially active and progressive than previous generations, and I hope that they make the world better. Millennials can last the groundwork for that and try to work with them.
I’ve seen a lot of students at climate and social protests. Back in my day, if you deviated from the norm only a bit, you’d be called “edgy”, “gay”, “misled” and so on. When I look at what would have turned you into an outsider back in my not-so-distant past and beaten up after school, and what some students dare to do today, I have some hope. There are good people out there. They are just hard to see behind all the loud, stupid and malicious ones.