As a result, they will exhibit ultra-high technological fluency.

He said that, while large, existential challenges are not new, a rejection of community thinking will hinder any meaningful action.

Generation beta will grow up in an entirely technologically integrated world. Source: Getty / Riccardo Milani

“We’ve seen the fragmentation of ideologies and political views — there isn’t some sort of grand narrative guiding decision-making going forward,” he said.

“The increasing individualisation of society is being reflected in identity politics and the other ways that we think about our place in the world, which now is about the ‘I’ in identity.”

What’s expected to be the most radical change?

This criticism emerges from a realisation that economic and social structures set up by previous generations are disadvantaging many young people, he said.

“What it means to live in a world where, for instance, democracy is under question, will be interesting to see.”

“The differences between generations that we are seeing might just be part of a broader trend of individualisation.”

What might we expect from gen beta?

“When we use terms like generation X or boomers or even generation beta, those categories tend to emerge over time, retrospectively.”

“There’s lots that [can] change across the span of a generation.”