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Generational turnover always comes with some degree of tension. That is simply the natural flow of history. But as it turned out, the rise of Gen Z coincided with another tech revolution - one driven by digitalization, smartphones, constant connectivity, an avalanche of information, and cheap dopamine. It blew the generation gap wide open. Still, Gen Z did not turn out this way in a vacuum. It was shaped by my generation - the baby boomers - and the Gen X who followed. Helico

We have built a world that previous generations could hardly have imagined. Now we have to decide how to live in it. For much of the twentieth century, the future was something to look forward to. We imagined cities filled with extraordinary machines, instant communication across continents, the conquest of disease, freedom from exhausting labour, and knowledge available to everyone. Science fiction gave these expectations a visual language.