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Babies born in 2025 are part of a new generation - Gen Beta • Jan. 1, 2025, 6:55 AM ET (CBS)

Generations as we know them today are a relatively recent social construct. In fact, although the names of generations and their associations are widely known and repeated throughout society and especially in the media, there is no official organization that determines what a generation should be called or what years it encompasses. The process tends to be more of a disorderly journey toward social consensus. On top of that, different countries have different collective experiences and delineate and define their generations differently. In short, it’s far from an exact science. Despite all that, does the “OK boomer” meme still make ...(100 of 346 words)

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