There was a news item that in Nepal young people, especially Gen Z, protested after the government shut down major social media platforms. I started to think what is Gen Z and what are the other Generations. Here is what I found.
• The Silent Generation grew up during and after the Great Depression and World War II. Birth years 1925 to 1945.
• Baby Boomers were born during the post-war population boom. Birth years 1946 to 1964.
• Gen X (Generation X) often grew up with rising divorce rates, early computers, and more independence. Birth years 1965 to 1980.
• Millennials (Gen Y) came of age during the internet explosion. Birth years 1981 to 1996.
• Gen Z (Generation Z) grew up with smartphones, social media, and global crises like COVID-19. Birth years 1997 to 2012.
• Gen Alpha is still growing up and their defining traits are still forming, but they're digital natives from birth. Birth years 2013 to 2025.
Just FYI. Not any Government agency or organization gave out these names. Marketing agencies use it to track demographics. Academics and researchers define social trends around it,
Being Born and Growing up in the silent generation should have been the most challenging.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Rajesh
DeleteAn elder does not easily realize that younger generation guys are different.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Kirtivasan
DeleteI think millennials are struggling in the current scenario. They're finding themselves managing modern problems with traditional approaches. They're grappling with rapidly changing technology on one side and matching pace with trends designed to appeal to Gen Zs and Alphas on the other hand.
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice classification to keep handy :)
BTW, the protest was not against the shutting down of social media platforms per se, but about the stifling of public opinion.
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Thanks for your comments CRD.
DeleteAs a millennial, I felt that I got to witness the transition from the non-digital to digital. Maybe one day non-digital will become redundant, and we'll wonder what we did back then. I think you're right, the Gen Z, the Gen Alpha are strongly digitally backed generations. I don't believe much, but reading predictions about 2026 said that Gen Z is anticipated to grow stronger and lead political discourse with stronger voices ahead. Maybe the preceding generations didn't sufficiently question the status quo which had its challenges, I guess it's difficult to comment on what's right and what's wrong there.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Purple Assasson.
DeleteAs a baby boomer I observe, right from millennials and the subsequent generations, they have absolutely no patience and 0% tolerance. Hope the silent generation will agree with me
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Gowri.
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