Comments on: The Truth Behind Generation Gaps http://eliainsider.com/2008/09/30/the-truth-behind-generation-gaps/ On Mobile, Tech and Running Infinity Softworks Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: efreedman http://eliainsider.com/2008/09/30/the-truth-behind-generation-gaps/#comment-536 efreedman Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:28:04 +0000 http://mobilesuccess.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-536 Thanks for writing. I had never heard of Generation Jones before. Most reports I have read regarding Baby Boomer generation, including Wikipedia, list Boomers as 1946-64. Of course, US and world events really shape a generation. My grandparents generation was highly shaped by WWII, my parents by Vietnam and Watergate, my generation by the 9/11 and the "war on terror" (Iraq/Afghanistan invasions). Either way, my point is still valid. Each generation poses its own unique perspective on our political and economic lives. Whatever the combined influence of the Jones, X and Y Generations, these next 20 years will include a visionary change for the United States. Thanks for writing. I had never heard of Generation Jones before. Most reports I have read regarding Baby Boomer generation, including Wikipedia, list Boomers as 1946-64. Of course, US and world events really shape a generation. My grandparents generation was highly shaped by WWII, my parents by Vietnam and Watergate, my generation by the 9/11 and the “war on terror” (Iraq/Afghanistan invasions).

Either way, my point is still valid. Each generation poses its own unique perspective on our political and economic lives. Whatever the combined influence of the Jones, X and Y Generations, these next 20 years will include a visionary change for the United States.

]]> By: GenerationObserver http://eliainsider.com/2008/09/30/the-truth-behind-generation-gaps/#comment-534 GenerationObserver Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:42:49 +0000 http://mobilesuccess.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-534 The views articluated here, based on the work of Strauss and Howe, have been increasingly discredited, partly because it doesn't allow for the well-established shortening of generations based on the acceleration of culture...If you study the most recent books and articles from the top generations experts, you'll find that the concensus is more or less like this: Silent Generation: 1925-1941 Boomers: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Generation Y: 1979-1990 Obama--born in 1961-- is not a part of Generation X, but rather of Generation Jones. You can view a compelling 5 minute video of a couple dozen top political journalists (from the NYTimes, Time Magazine, NBC, etc.) talking about Obama's role as a GenJoneser, and the '08 election. The views articluated here, based on the work of Strauss and Howe, have been increasingly discredited, partly because it doesn’t allow for the well-established shortening of generations based on the acceleration of culture…If you study the most recent books and articles from the top generations experts, you’ll find that the concensus is more or less like this:
Silent Generation: 1925-1941
Boomers: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978
Generation Y: 1979-1990

Obama–born in 1961– is not a part of Generation X, but rather of Generation Jones. You can view a compelling 5 minute video of a couple dozen top political journalists (from the NYTimes, Time Magazine, NBC, etc.) talking about Obama’s role as a GenJoneser, and the ’08 election.

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