Gen Beta 2025 –
The first cohort born into generative AI as an assumed layer of reality.
Did You Get the Photo of the Goat? Childhood Surveillance, Gen Alpha, and What We Trade for a Live Feed
The essay that opened Ryan Vet's five-part childhood surveillance series — a painted goat, a question from the back seat, and how a generation came to expect being watched.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThere Is No Such Thing as a Fragile Child: What We Created When We Tried to Keep Kids Safe
The essay Ryan Vet most wants a new reader to start with, refreshed. The front window shattered because glass was never built to do anything else. Children were.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Future of Parenting: The Impact of AI on Raising Gen Beta (kids born in 2026 and beyond)
Parents are pulling kids off screens and sending them outside, while watching them from inside an app. Ryan Vet on the parenting paradox Gen Beta inherits.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Romeo & Juliet Generation: Why Gen Beta Will Inherit a World That Forbids Unity
Shakespeare's tragedy was never really about romance. Ryan Vet argues Gen Beta is being born into a world where unity itself is treated as betrayal.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Future is Born: Gen Beta Has Arrived
Gen Beta arrived at midnight on New Year's Day. Ryan Vet explains why he draws the line at 2026, and why the label matters less than the tipping point behind it.
Solo essay by Ryan Vet2026 Predictions: AI, Education, Trust, and the Future of Society
2026 will not be remembered as a year of answers. Ryan Vet reads it as a year of signals, across polarity, AI, trust, credibility, and education.
Solo essay by Ryan VetThe Death of the Penny: What It Reveals About Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and the Future of Money
The United States quietly minted its last penny. Ryan Vet traces six generations of money, from mattress cash to a fully fluid digital ecosystem.
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