Comments on: Tomorrow belongs to them http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:21:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jackparsons http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387997 jackparsons Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:22:23 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387997 No idea if that's sarcastic or not, but no, I wasn't speaking of any generation in particular. Speaking in terms of generational characteristics is a shortcut to thinking -- or, worse yet, a shortcut to mass-marketing. None of this really seemed to make much difference until the '60s -- the Beat Generation, Lost Generation and other epithets were coined to refer to groups of less than a hundred people, not millions. No idea if that’s sarcastic or not, but no, I wasn’t speaking of any generation in particular. Speaking in terms of generational characteristics is a shortcut to thinking — or, worse yet, a shortcut to mass-marketing. None of this really seemed to make much difference until the ’60s — the Beat Generation, Lost Generation and other epithets were coined to refer to groups of less than a hundred people, not millions.

]]> By: Mike Manitoba http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387941 Mike Manitoba Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:47:56 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387941 Ah, Jack, you mean Generation X, that maligned, forgotten demographic the Baby Boomers treated like shit? Ah, Jack, you mean Generation X, that maligned, forgotten demographic the Baby Boomers treated like shit?

]]> By: Karl http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387913 Karl Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:13:52 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387913 I've been meaning to read "The Fourth Turning” for a while now. Thanks for the additional endorsement of it Dave. I’ve been meaning to read “The Fourth Turning” for a while now. Thanks for the additional endorsement of it Dave.

]]> By: jackparsons http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387887 jackparsons Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:26:01 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387887 This is completely asinine. You can no more make a generalization about an entire generation than you can about a race of people. Here's a certainty: this generation will be no better than the ones that came before it, and no worse, either. This is completely asinine. You can no more make a generalization about an entire generation than you can about a race of people.

Here’s a certainty: this generation will be no better than the ones that came before it, and no worse, either.

]]> By: Raymond E. Foster http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387857 Raymond E. Foster Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:54:51 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387857 Keep writing - I have five kids (from 30 to 17), they are as good as their grandparents, certainly better than me:) Keep writing – I have five kids (from 30 to 17), they are as good as their grandparents, certainly better than me:)

]]> By: Digidave http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387855 Digidave Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:36:04 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387855 One of the best books I read in college was "The Fourth Turning" which explained history through the ebb and flow of generational politics and conflicts. The idea was that you can explain a generations larger psychology by understanding the circumstances of their parents/grandparents and knowing that kids always like to rebel. According to the book I was born on the last year of Gen X and the first year of Gen Y. I am not sure what generation I identify with more, but I do know I hate the label "Gen Y." I much prefer what you and Taspcott propose: Something that reflects the influence technology has had on our collective personality. One of the best books I read in college was “The Fourth Turning” which explained history through the ebb and flow of generational politics and conflicts. The idea was that you can explain a generations larger psychology by understanding the circumstances of their parents/grandparents and knowing that kids always like to rebel.

According to the book I was born on the last year of Gen X and the first year of Gen Y. I am not sure what generation I identify with more, but I do know I hate the label “Gen Y.” I much prefer what you and Taspcott propose: Something that reflects the influence technology has had on our collective personality.

]]> By: Karl http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/12/22/tomorrow-belongs-to-them/#comment-387828 Karl Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:24:19 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=3932#comment-387828 I have a lot of faith in Gen Y. More so than many of my contemporaries it seems. It's good to hear some positive press about Gen Y for once. I have a lot of faith in Gen Y. More so than many of my contemporaries it seems. It’s good to hear some positive press about Gen Y for once.

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