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This young generation has seen too many crises. Time to raise its hopes
The youth of today have come of age amid a pandemic, climate change and geopolitical chaos. They need a reason to believe.
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The younger generation needs a message to hold on to – one that rekindles ambition, restores confidence and reminds them they have what it takes not just to endure, but also to rise.
ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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For those who arrived in this world just before Lehman Brothers left it, you’re probably in the middle of your third or fourth “once-in-a-lifetime” crisis, all before adulthood. What followed a decade of relative calm after the 2008 global financial crisis has defied even the most fevered imaginations.
The Covid-19 pandemic froze the world in place. Artificial intelligence barged in, threatening to upend education, employment and entire industries. Innocent lives have been lost in ongoing wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, with fears over another conflict looming in South Asia. Inflation has surged, weighing heavily on households and stoking political fires in every corner of the globe.
