By JD Breen
Premium Insights
September 13, 2025
"We are continuing this policy of bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy"
- Osama bin Laden
In some ways it seems this century just started. In others it feels like the last one ended a lifetime ago. To more than 40% of the global population, it did.
About 3.4B people are under age 25. They never knew a world without the Internet or cell phones, "binge watching" or social media; where "text" wasn't a verb, a garden hose supplied our sports drink, an electronic device wasn't a permanent appendage, World Series games were played during the day, and arriving passengers could be met at the gate.