This is, to put it mildly, another version of exceptionalism. Most of the definition of this group is strictly derived from “First World” reality, especially its privileged populations. The whole concepts leaves out majority of people in Africa, Asia, South America — perhaps “networked” in the technical sense but also very different in social aspect.

“Fear of school shootings, white vans, ebola, whatever, has left them always under the watchful gaze of adults (who might face jail time if they behave otherwise) and corralled into structured playdates in constructed environments. As a result, their physical environment is other people.”

Tell it to the children India, Africa, Russia, China or Brasil.

The reservations prudently put in the beginning of the article, hold all the way down: “Generation Omega” is just another exclusive group, largely of “Global North” origin. Their experience is by no means universal — it is fully engineered by the social conditioning system of the states they live in. The only global factor in this equation is a set of global policies implemented and guarded by social media controllers: Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Instagram, YouTube and a host of minor players. They all have owners and their owners have long-term interests strictly related to the idea of shaping the collective consciousness.

But, unless one wants to coin “Generation FB”, this is not enough to state that “Generation Omega” is global. It may be poised for global dominance, but it is relatively narrow and closed group anyway. So talking about soon-to-become rulers of the planet would be much more honest in this context.