AlphaGeo Founder and CEO Parag Khanna. (Photo: Screengrab of NDTV World Summit 2025 video) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed
On the Day 2 of NDTV World Summit 2025, AlphaGeo Founder and CEO Parag Khanna said, "The future of humanity is brown"' which simply means the answer lies not in technology or politics, but in demographics.
"The literal answer to the future of humanity is through demographics. We the people. We don’t have to be philosophical at all. The future of humanity is the young people of today," Khanna said.
Khanna explained that Gen Y (millennials), Gen Z (teenagers), and Gen Alpha (toddlers) together represent the future. These generations, largely under 40 years old, define the new global demographic.
"The youth of Asia is by far the largest