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2030 forecast: meet the Gen Beta baby
Will Remi have a better life than you? All this week, we are looking ahead to life in 2030. With the New Year, a new generation has begun.
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Babies are born every second. But sometimes a birth makes history.
Baby Remi was born at 12.05am on 1 January 2025 in AustraliaThe largest country in Oceania, home to only 27 million people. . Remi is one of the first babies to be born Generation Beta - a new label for those born between 2025 and 2039.
Babies like Remi will have more technology in their childhood than anyone who has lived before them. Gen Beta replaces Gen Alpha, born between 2010 and 2024. Alpha were the first age group to grow up with social mediaSocial media is defined by websites, apps and social games that connect people to each other through the sharing of pictures, thoughts, ideas, articles, and other content. in full flow.
Gen ZShort for Generation Z, meaning people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s. before them grew up with the internet as a part of their daily lives. MillennialsPeople who reached adulthood in the early 21st Century., grew up as computers were on the rise.
Gen Beta will grow up in a time when owning a digital device will be needed for taking part in large parts of life. Beta babies will also be the first to be born in the age of advanced artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence, or "AI," is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning. (AI).
Add climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change. to the mix, and Gen Beta's life might not look very good.
Yet others see a bright side. Gen Beta will be born to parents who know about the dangers of social mediaSocial media is defined by websites, apps and social games that connect people to each other through the sharing of pictures, thoughts, ideas, articles, and other content. and climate change.
And by the time Gen Beta grow up, their parents might have found the ways to save the planet - and make a more peaceful world.
Will Remi have a better life than you?
Yes! Gen Beta will live in an age run by Millennials and Gen Z. Today's young people will make them a world that is more equal and more peaceful.
No! It is difficult to see how. The world faces so many problems. If climate change gets worse and technology takes over our lives, life might not look very good for Gen Beta.
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Australia - The largest country in Oceania, home to only 27 million people.
Social media - Social media is defined by websites, apps and social games that connect people to each other through the sharing of pictures, thoughts, ideas, articles, and other content.
Gen Z - Short for Generation Z, meaning people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Millennials - People who reached adulthood in the early 21st Century.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or "AI," is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
2030 forecast: meet the Gen Beta baby
Newborn: By 2035, Gen Beta children like Remi (above) are expected to make up 16% of the world population. Glossary
Australia - The largest country in Oceania, home to only 27 million people.
Social media - Social media is defined by websites, apps and social games that connect people to each other through the sharing of pictures, thoughts, ideas, articles, and other content.
Gen Z - Short for Generation Z, meaning people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Millennials - People who reached adulthood in the early 21st Century.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.