Humanity’s newest generation has just arrived
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. The next cohort of the human race has been grouped and named. But with most of Generation Alpha still in their cradles, it is too soon to define them.
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