Generation Beta

English

Etymology

Using beta as the letter that follows alpha, as in Generation Alpha.

Proper noun

Generation Beta

1. The generation following Generation Alpha, to be born between the mid 2020s and the late 2030s.
   • 2022, Amy Webb, Andrew Hessel, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: PublicAffairs, →ISBN:

     Given all this disruption, coupled with the normalization of lower-paid work-from-home jobs and gig work, Generation Z began missing key economic milestones. They were unemployed or underemployed and unable to afford travel, or to make large purchases, such as homes and cars. College graduation rates for their children, Generation Beta, dropped precipitously.

   • 2022 September 1, “Jobs: Past, Present, Future”, in The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, volume 62, number 35, San Diego, Calif., →OCLC, page 17:

     Generation Beta will begin around 2025 & could grow up in a home without a hardline phone, media player, or desktop computer.

   • 2023 December – 2024 January, “Who’s sitting next to me? How population shifts will change the face of travel”, in Wanderlust, London, →ISSN, page 156:

     By 2050, Gen Z will be aged between 40 and 55, and will be travelling with their own offspring – Generation Beta, the first ‘AI natives’.