Another name for Gen Z is the Pluralist Generation, called the Plurals by Magid Generation Strategies. The first of the Plurals were born in 1997, now at 68 million young people in the US. The marketing researchers surveyed 1056 Plurals (age 8 to 15) in 2012. This newest generation was shaped by the recession, comfort [...]
Moral Relativism and Extreme Individualism: A Cautionary Tale from the US Materialism Some scholars believe US Millennials are narcissistic and politically apathetic while others defend them as highly motivated to do good. We’ll start with the pessimists. Two huge yearly surveys of high school seniors (463,753 gathered from 1976 to 2008) and college freshman (8.7 [...]
To find out more about generational differences in an Arab society where Muslim religious leaders and police are dominant, I talked with a young Saudi woman who I will call Aamina. She came to the US in 2006 to study English and computer science. She said things are changing although the religious police will come [...]
A useful illustration of traditional and modern values in conflict is an Iranian film called Leila (1998). At a gathering of wealthy families in Tehran, Leila and Reza meet. Three months later they’re happily married, in love, living in their own home, going on outings in their car. Other that always having her head covered, [...]
Based on replies from over 3,300 young people in 65 countries, I have good news about our future. This is for a book-in-process tentatively titled A Brighter Future: How Global Youth Will Transform The World. The Millennial Generation wants to do good, values family, is spiritual rather than religious, and understands that money and things [...]
I’m writing a book that gives you and other young people around the world an opportunity to say what’s on your mind. This is your chance to be heard. Many of you have wonderful suggestions for how to make our world a better to live in, so I’m asking people age 19 and under to respond [...]
The focus on healthy food is a way to organize youth, as in the Boston where “The Food Project has built a national model of engaging young people in personal and social change through sustainable agriculture.”[i] They’re encouraging a national movement to organize students to lobby for “real food” in their schools and universities, as [...]
Rita King and Joshua Fouts created a virtual world on the Internet’s international Second Life (only 30% of users are in the US) to help viewers understand Islam, as well as a graphic novel and report. The project is called “Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds.” King and Fouts point out that new ideas [...]
I’d like to include your observations and experiences about how to solve global problems like climate warming, extremes of riches and poverty, inequality between men and women, and so on. I’ll include your ideas in my next book. Thank you!
We’ll look at two recent survey reports, one in developing nations and one in the U.S. World Bank researchers interviewed 800 youth who live in eight developing nations, and surveyed more youth ages 11 to 17 in 19 countries, for a report released in 2012. They value education and getting good jobs. A young man [...]
