There's no single "best" generation, as each has unique pros and cons, but many suggest late Baby Boomers/early Gen X (born ~1960s-70s) had a sweet spot of technological adoption and pre-digital challenges, while Gen Z & Alpha are digitally native, globally connected, and face new climate/tech frontiers, making them resilient but also prone to tech-related issues like mental health. The "best" depends on what you value: stability (Boomers), adaptability (Gen X), purpose (Millennials), or digital fluency (Gen Z/Alpha).
Gen X is independent, flexible, and values work-life balance. They thrive with autonomy and minimal supervision. Millennials (Gen Y) want flexibility, career growth, and meaningful feedback. Development opportunities help retain them. Gen Z seeks purpose, inclusion, and financial stability.
The Baby Boomer generation, those of us born between 1946 and 1964, are often hailed as one of the luckiest generations in history. Our lifetime has been marked by remarkable social, economic, and technological changes, contributing to an unparalleled quality of life.
As adolescents and young adults in the 2010s and 2020s, members of the generation were dubbed "digital natives", even if they were not necessarily digitally literate and might struggle in a digital workplace. Generation Z has been described as "better behaved and less hedonistic" than previous generations.
The Greatest Generation – born 1901-1924. The Silent Generation – born 1925-1945. The Baby Boomer Generation – born 1946-1964. Generation X – born 1965-1979.
Across much of the world, it is no longer middle-aged adults who are the most miserable. Instead, young people, especially Gen Z, are reporting the highest levels of unhappiness of any age group.
There's no single "toughest" generation, as each faces unique struggles, but Generation X (born 1965-1980) is often cited as the most stressed due to balancing work, family, and finances while facing economic uncertainty, yet they also show high resilience, while younger generations like Gen Z grapple with unprecedented housing costs and climate anxiety, making the definition of "tough" subjective and dependent on the specific challenges faced.
Whilst boomers and millennials may use the 😂 emoji, this has long since been deemed 'uncool' (or 'cheugy') by Gen Z. Instead, this has been replaced by the skull (💀) or the crying emoji (😭), dramatising the idea of 'dying with laughter'.
After the test scores are calculated for every participant, an average of these scores is calculated for the 2 focus groups, shown in Table IV. From Table IV we can see that the average score of the millennial groups is 99.24 and the average score of the gen-z group is 101.03, the difference being 1.79 points.
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Recent research shows that members of the Baby Boomer generation have worse health than previous generations did at the same ages—diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses are more common.
Baby Boomers rank as the wealthiest generation in history. Boomers represent just 20% of the population, but their share of U.S. household wealth peaked at 53% in 2021 before slipping to about 51% as of the end of 2024.
Gen Z parents, who often grew up with more emotionally aware households but also came of age during pandemic job losses and a challenging post-COVID job market, are channeling those experiences into raising children who are practical, resilient and future-ready.
Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. New research explores the extraordinary rise in their good fortunes — one that experts say successive generations will be hard-pressed to replicate.
The term “Lost Generation” became associated with a group of writers and artists with whom Hemingway worked in Paris, France, during the early 1920s. However, the term also refers more broadly to all those who reached adulthood during World War I. In Europe, they have also been called “the generation of 1914.”
Compared to Gen Z, Millennials are winning the aging game—at least for now. Their deliberate focus on health, balance, and self-awareness sets them up for a longer, healthier life. By avoiding bad habits like smoking and embracing proactive wellness, they've slowed some signs of aging.
Gen Z, born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, is often characterized as the most emotionally aware generation in the workforce. Arguably, they're more adept at recognizing and articulating their feelings.
Older members of Gen Z leaned progressive while younger members were more conservative, particularly in the United States. Movements associated with Gen Z so far include fourth-wave feminism, School Strike for Climate, March for Our Lives, Students Against Discrimination and Pro-Palestine movement.
Millennials are the most educated generation in U.S. history, with nearly 40% earning at least a bachelor's degree. However, despite their academic achievements, they are facing significant financial struggles.
The 🍋🟩 combination, officially the Lime emoji (🍋🟩), represents a literal lime, symbolizing sourness, Mexican food, summer, or tropical vibes, often formed by combining the Lemon (🍋) and Green Square (🟩) emojis on platforms that support it. It can mean something tart, refreshing drinks (like mojitos), lime green color, or generally mean "lime" in texts.
Resembles plewds, stylized sweat droplets used in comics and animation to show characters working hard or feeling stressed. May be used to represent various types of liquids, including sexual fluids. May also be used to represent various liquid-based slang expressions (e.g., drip, “exceptional style, swagger").
Implemented as a flipped version of 🙂 Slightly Smiling Face on most platforms. Commonly used to convey irony, sarcasm, joking, or a sense of goofiness or silliness.
46% of Gen Z workers, 37% of Millennials, and 25% of Gen X said they would likely quit due to limited growth or upskilling opportunities.
Gen Z are the most active, with 87% of this demographic exercising three or more times per week, with Millennials trailing just behind them.
Gen X: Forgotten Generation. As the nation enters the Peak 65® era, new research from the Alliance for Lifetime Income's Retirement Income Institute reveals that Generation X is at the greatest risk of an unsecure retirement.