Flying may be faster, but FlixBus is shaking up domestic travel in the US by offering a more sustainable, affordable, and comfortable way to move. Set to launch electric vehicles in late 2020, the company is winning over young Americans with its souped-up buses for long-haul travel.

Single-child families are on the rise in the US as a lack of savings and lofty career goals have led Gen Yers to delay parenthood. But how are smaller households impacting the values, goals, and social lives of the next generation? And how might Gen Alphas start to shape the world around them?

In the Gen Alpha Deep Dive, we delve into the roots of this cohort’s activist streak, explore what it’s like to be born into a digital world, consider the ways that playtime is evolving to be more productive, and examine how growing up in a pandemic will shape attitudes to health and money.

Boomers may have grown up alongside the hippie movement, but Gen Yers and Zers seem decidedly opposed to their contemporary social and political views. Are older Americans as conservative and self-serving as the ‘OK Boomer’ insult makes them seem? Or are they still keen activists?