With the ever-growing population of the world, it is quite common to observe certain countries with a relatively large number of young adults, compared to the older population. In this essay, I plan to explain and underline the advantages associated with such a generation-ratio situation and how they, quite successfully, outweigh the disadvantages.
We observe a large number of young adults in countries such as India, Canada, and Singapore. One plausible reason for a younger to older population ratio mismatch, apart from the fact that the world observed a population boom in countries like India in the '70s and '80s, could be rooted in the fact that as compared to the present-day nuclear families, the families of the previous decade saw parents raising at least two to three children. This contributes to a larger youth dominated population which I strongly believe is key to reorienting the country's goals for the next 15-20 years. In my experience, I have often observed that there is a distinct generation gap between people of the older and the younger generations which contributes to diverging opinions and ideologies. In my country, India, it is not uncommon to state that the ideologies of life and the responsibilities of the youth are a common topic of debate among older people. These eventually lead to ego clashes and hence, to a bifurcation of the school of thought which pushes people to take stands on sensitive issues.
In the recent past, we saw the immediate removal of article 377 which disapproved of people of the LGBTQ+ community. This topic was extensively debated and it is not a gross generalization to state that the legalization of the freedom to possess a unique sexual identity was looked down upon by the older generation, it was only because of the new-wave paradigm shifts in the school of thought among the youth that the judgment on the issue could see the light of day. This is a prime example of the youth probing for common ground and reorienting the country from certain social stigmas to a brighter and more liberal future.
The youth also play an important role in shaping the spirit that would eventually go on to encourage the population to pave a new path that the country would follow into the future, this path could be novel advancements in science such as the second quantum revolution we are observing in countries like Canada or a pathway into a more peaceful and non-violent future which we are observing in Ethiopia, where the young prime minister, Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel peace prize for dampening the border tensions with the neighbouring country Eritrea and probing for solutions to a violence-free future for the country.
The population ratio mismatch happens in cycles which are rare but history has shown us that we are to make the most of it. When used correctly, the youth of today could bring about another Renaissance, or another industrial revolution, or even another golden age. In conclusion and in light of the above mentioned, I believe that advantages of the situation greatly outweigh the disadvantages and that a youth-dominated country could bring about a revolution that could serve to be a great benefit to humankind of the future generations.
With the ever-growing
population
of the world, it is quite common to observe certain
countries
with a
relatively
large number of young adults, compared to the
older
population
. In this essay, I plan to
explain
and underline the advantages associated with such a generation-ratio situation and how they, quite
successfully
, outweigh the disadvantages.
We observe
a large number of
young adults in
countries
such as India, Canada, and Singapore. One plausible reason for a younger to
older
population
ratio mismatch, apart from the fact that the world observed a
population
boom in
countries
like India in the '70s and '80s, could
be rooted
in the fact that as compared to the present-day nuclear families, the families of the previous decade
saw
parents raising at least two to three children. This contributes to a larger
youth
dominated
population
which I
strongly
believe is key to reorienting the country's goals for the
next
15-20 years. In my experience, I have
often
observed that there is a distinct generation gap between
people
of the
older
and the younger generations which contributes to diverging opinions and ideologies. In my
country
, India, it is not uncommon to state that the ideologies of life and the responsibilities of the
youth
are a common topic of debate among
older
people
. These
eventually
lead to ego clashes and
hence
, to a bifurcation of the school of
thought
which pushes
people
to take stands on sensitive issues.
In the recent past, we
saw
the immediate removal of article 377 which disapproved of
people
of the LGBTQ+ community. This topic was
extensively
debated and it is not a gross generalization to state that the legalization of the freedom to possess a unique sexual identity
was looked
down upon by the
older
generation, it was
only
because
of the new-wave paradigm shifts in the school of
thought
among the
youth
that the judgment on the issue could
see
the light of day. This is a prime example of the
youth
probing for common ground and reorienting the
country
from certain social stigmas to a brighter and more liberal future.
The
youth
also
play an
important
role in shaping the spirit that would
eventually
go on to encourage the
population
to pave a new path that the
country
would follow into the
future
, this path could be novel advancements in science such as the second quantum revolution we are observing in
countries
like Canada or a pathway into a more peaceful and non-violent
future
which we are observing in Ethiopia, where the young prime minister,
Abiy
Ahmed
was awarded
the
Nobel peace prize
for dampening the border tensions with the
neighbouring
country
Eritrea and probing for solutions to a violence-free
future
for the country.
The
population
ratio mismatch happens in cycles which are rare
but
history has shown us that we are to
make
the most of it. When
used
correctly
, the
youth
of
today
could bring about another Renaissance, or another industrial revolution, or even another golden age.
In conclusion
and in light of the above mentioned, I believe that advantages of the situation
greatly
outweigh the disadvantages and that a youth-dominated
country
could bring about a revolution that could serve to be a great benefit to humankind of the
future
generations.