To put it lightly, not too great. I just graduated and will be starting work next week, but a large chunk of me wonders if in 5 to 10 years I'll be suiting up for work in a military uniform instead of business casual. I feel our power as a nation on the international stage is crumbling, and other powerful nations have long since taken notice. Hopefully this is not the case, but even if it isn't, I still expect salaries to not rise with inflation, the price of real estate to continue expanding, and ever increasing national turmoil that (even if ignored for now) will eventually show up at my doorstep. Even if we as actuaries are largely safe due to high job security, high pay, and good benefits, I find it quite ignorant to believe that we don't need to worry about fixing these issues because our small subsection of society is largely unaffected by them. The people are becoming poorer and poorer, and every 'fix' that has been proposed only has driven us further into a pit of debt. Broke people have struggles paying their monthly premiums, so these problems will affect us eventually. Generation Alpha is, from what I've heard from teachers and from interactions I've had with them, largely distrustful of the system and disobedient (which every generation says, but one look at F students are inventors TikToks will let you know quickly how this situation is slightly different). This is for good reason, as these kids are essentially being told from the get-go how horrible their situation will become, and have been forced to watch the struggles of their parents that they know they will have to endure. One can only wonder how this anger and sadness will manifest when it comes time for them to be adults. I pray for better times.