Say Hello To Beta Babies

Move over Gen Z and Gen Alpha, because Gen Beta is finally here! “From AI-powered toys to automatic vehicles and healthcare systems, Gen Beta will seamlessly navigate an automated world,” says Dr Madhumitha Ezhil, a Toddler Screen-time Expert. Sahas Chopra, Creator & Entrepreneur, Founder of Squid Media says, “Being a millennial myself I have seen tech go from dial-up modems to high-speed internet taking the world by storm.” He says that generation beta is going to be geared and pushed into an inexplicable, immersive storm of technologies and superficially created realities like AR/VR. This rise of digitalisation that seems to have garnered everyone’s attention surely comes with a plethora of offerings that Dr Samir opines that the digital world for Gen Beta could expose them to huge chunks of information that would eventually perpetuate thoughts and constructs, taking them away from ground reality and humans. Generation Gyaan • Gen X: 1965 to 1980 • Gen Y : 1981 to 1996 • Gen Z: 1997 to 2010 • Gen Alpha: 2010 to 2024 • Gen Beta: 2025 to 2039 Today, human engagement is being sacrificed for digital engagement which certainly gives rise to several behavioural issues” — Dr. Samir H Dalwai, Developmental Behavioural Paediatrician Gen Alpha developed a reputation of being “iPad kids” popularizing perplexing obsessions with skibidi toilets.