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  • Government and the Boomer Apocalypse

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    I’m fascinated with a Hardball ad MSNBC is running. It features Chris Matthews, showing clips from throughout his life. It closes with this remark: “… And you can expect me to fight for the causes that stirred me in my twenties, when passions rose, when minds were set, and life mission accepted. And this is…

  • Millennial Generation Safe at Home

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    NewGeography.com: Millennial Generation Safe at Home Each emerging American generation of adolescents and young adults tends to have a distinctive relationship with its parents. For the Baby Boomers of the 1960s and 1970s, that relationship was often conflicted, even adversarial. For Generation X in the 1980s and 1990s it was frequently distant and disrespectful. By…

  • Rancor Out of Control: Welcome to the Fourth Turning?

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    (I originally posted this in March of 2010. But considering events in D.C. and around the nation, I thought I would reprise it.) Are we in the middle of a "Fourth Turning," as William Strauss and Neil Howe described? I know some of my readers roll their eyes at this stuff about generations, but a…

  • A Generation Serves Notice: It’s a Moving Target

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    A Generation Serves Notice: It's a Moving Target is New York Times article about the Millennial Generation. It is a lengthy article about their use of technology, values, inclinations to work in communities, and how businesses might market to them. The quote below is what Willam Strauss and Neil Howe would have predicted: "You've got…

  • Generations Posts: Index

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    Here is an index to my series on generations:   Introduction to Generational Thinking   History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but it Rhymes Introduction to Strauss and Howe The Turnings Generation Archetypes   The Living Generations   G.I. Generation (1901-1924) Silent Generation (1925-1942) Baby Boom Generation (1943-1960) Generation X (1961-1981) Millennial Generation (1982-200?)   Closing Observations…

  • Generations: Concluding Observations

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    Understanding trends in human behavior has been one of my lifelong interests. As I have studied sociology and history, too many models I see are deterministic systems. I firmly believe in human free will (even though I am Presbyterian **grin**), and many of these "systems" are just a little too neat. In popular culture, I…

  • The Fourth Turning is Here

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    “Sometime around the year 2005, perhaps a few years before or after, America will enter the Four Turning.” This is the opening sentence to Chapter 10 of Strauss and Howe’s book The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy, as they begin discussing their future expectations. The book was written in the mid-1990s. The authors go on…

  • Millennial Generation (1982-200?)

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    Name: Millennial GenerationBirth years: 1982-200?Archetype: Hero Like the previous generation, there is no readily accepted name for this generation. Some call them “Generation Y” (after Generation X) some call them the “Mosaic Generation,” emphasizing their greater degree of diversity. Strauss and Howe call them the “Millennial Generation” as they were the generation coming of age…

  • Generation X (1961-1981)

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    Name: Generation XBirth Years: 1961-1981Archetype: Nomad The generation born from 1961-1981 has been called “The Baby Bust,” “Survivor Generation,” and “Generation X.” William Strauss and Neil Howe called them the “13th Generation” because they have been the 13th generation since the 1620s. Generation X is the term most frequently used in the media, and for…