--- title: Move Over, Millennials: Generation Z Will Change the World description: After years of headlines about Millennials, a new group of young people is poised to make their mark on the world: meet Generation Z. canonical: https://time.com/5250542/generation-z/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-23T15:36:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:07:10.244Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How Generation Z Will Change the World og:description: Move over, Millennials og:url: https://time.com/5250542/generation-z/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eb6d2a5ceb18f06/69892d8986f68e7b1f6e8df4/time-100-parkland-students.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1804 og:image:height: 1015 og:image:alt: Time 100 2018: Parkland students Emma Gonzales Alex Wind Cameron Kasky David Hogg Jaclyn Corin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Generation Z Will Change the World twitter:description: Move over, Millennials twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eb6d2a5ceb18f06/69892d8986f68e7b1f6e8df4/time-100-parkland-students.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Generation Z Will Change the World > Sponsored content. 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This post-Millennial generation still has several moniker, but has been most commonly called [Generation Z](http://time.com/5066641/generation-z-disruption/) or the iGeneration. They are widely considered to be young people born in the mid-1990s, and by 2020 [they will account for one-third of the U.S. population](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-beall/8-key-differences-between%5Fb%5F12814200.html). Gen-Z is also the most diverse in American history, and the first made up people who don’t know a world without the Internet or smartphones. And in the wake of [the March for Our Lives demonstrations](http://time.com/longform/march-for-our-lives-protests-around-the-world/) that followed [the school shooting in Parkland, Florida](http://time.com/longform/never-again-movement/), the world is starting to pay closer attention to this generation of Americans who are next in line as the country’s cultural and political leaders. To learn what drives these teenagers how they will shape the way we shop, work, play and vote, TIME spoke with psychologist [Jean Twenge](http://www.jeantwenge.com/), the author of [_iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501152017/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1501152017&linkId=4545b39cd840d39610cf4f406aae9ff4), as well as consultants [David and Jonah Stillman](http://www.genzguru.com/who-we-are/) — a father-son, Gen-X and Gen-Z speaking team, and coauthors of [_Gen Z @ Work_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062475444/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062475444&linkId=d365e42732d88af239305a71f44bdbc3)_._ ## Transcript Generations are really about cultural change. By studying generations, we can get an idea of how growing up now as a child or a teen is different from, it was for say the Gen X's growing up in the 80s, or the Boomers growing up in the 1960s. [ MUSIC ]. Looking specifically at numbers we define genzie as those who were born between 1995 and 2012. 1995 just happens to be the year the internet was commercialized. So that also captures. The generation of people who were born after the Internet existed, who don't know a world without the Internet. Compared to previous generations, they spend a lot more time communicating with their friends electronically. And they also spend less time hanging out with their friends in person. My generation, we're truly digital natives. We've really only known a world where our phones are smart. We turn to technology for a lot of things, whether it be entertainment, research, education, it's truly just part of who we are. I'm not entirely convinced that [ UNKNOWN ] skill with social media is going to be a complete positive, it's also linked to depression and anxiety. And unhappiness, especially for people who are spending too much time on social media, who are comparing themselves to others too much. People always talk about taking digital detoxes and stepping away for a little bit, and I don't know if it's necessarily cutting out the phone for a month at a time, but understanding that it's okay to put down your phone for a couple of hours, don't have it at the dinner table, Try not to be on your phone right before bed, there's just time and a place for everything and I think understanding that is really important. I think something the parents can do to help with this anxiety the phones and information overload is really helping them sort of analyze and prioritoze the information. Is what we find is something that's definitely needed with this generation. At the moment what many people think of when they think of igen Is teen or young adult looking at his or her phone. But I'll think they'll become known for other things as time goes on. One of our traits that is very up front with my generation is that we're very, very realistic. At a young age we were thrown into a world that you could say wasn't the prettiest. We grew up amongst the 2009 recession after 9 / 11. And our parents didn't tell us we could necessarily be whatever we wanted. They told us that It's a hard world out there. You're gonna have to work your **** off. And if you're not willing to, there's plenty of others that will. Gen Z entering the workfoce, it's gonna be a lot of change. For Gen Z, if I can log on and login, I'm at work. So I think the physical office is really gonna be challenged. Another thing that we know about this generation that they're really gonna challenge is the pace at which things get done. Everyone talks about work life balance. I got my work and my life and work's from 9 to 5, and then your life, and how do we balance the two. What I love about gen z is they just don't think it works, and it really hasn't worked. What they go for is work life blend, where work and life are 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. By spring of their senior year, [ INAUDIBLE ] teens are less likely compared to previous generations To have their driver's license, to work at a paid job. To go out on dates, to drink alcohol. And we've already seen this with millennials in young adulthood. Taking longer to settle into careers, to marry, to have children and so on. So the whole developmental trajectory is slowed down. Gen Z is by far the most diverse generation ever and we're also the most interconnected around the globe. And part of the reason is now with our generation when something happens, the entire world finds out immediately through social media, through hashtags, we're always connect to each other. So we feel as though whether it happened in the same building or a thousand miles away it is Immediately effecting us because we hear about it and so there we feel obligated to help and be a part of the situation, whether it is positive or negative. They are also the ones that values equality the most, whether we are talking race or gender or sexual orientation or transgender trander issues. They're really much more open and focused on equality. And we really do not fear failure, so whether it be through political activation, or entering new workplace, or trying new things we're willing to try new things and fail. And this is gonna have a great impact on the other generation. For the rest of us who are being very cautious, that's really gonna rub off to get us to step outside of our box and maybe try some new things. 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