The Synthetic Generation

The Synthetic Generation is the first generation to grow up alongside intelligent systems that listen, respond, and adapt in real time. Raised in constant interaction with algorithms, these children are shaped not only by parents and peers, but by systems designed to influence behavior through attention, reinforcement, and familiarity. These algorithms now hide within online gaming platforms, where they sit quietly and wait — learning, predicting, and shaping behavior before a parent even knows they exist.
Digital Strangers is the first book in a groundbreaking series that exposes the hidden warning signs facing our children — a generation being quietly programmed, one interaction at a time, into what we now call the Synthetic Generation.