You don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re part of something bigger, whether you want to be or not. Society shapes you, your choices, your problems, your possibilities. Understanding how society works, understanding where you fit within it, understanding the forces acting on you, that’s not abstract academic stuff. It’s essential context for understanding why you’re…
This article leads us into looking at each generation in turn, so that we can understand those generations a bit better, so that we can see where we ourselves fit, and where we can use our skills from the generation we fall into to benefit us in society today. Let’s start with the oldest generation…
I was born in the 70s. In fact, anyone born after the mid-60s to the early 80s is said to be a member of my generation too. I am a member of Generation X. We are the non-Baby Boomers. If you simply look at the numbers, we’re also a minority. We’re the post-boom generation sandwiched…
Let’s move on to the Millennials, also known as Generation Y. Born from the early 1980s until before the turn of the century, they are achievers. They’re networked. They’re team-oriented. Yet the Millennials also live in a world that has moved even further away from the stability available to the generations before them. Millennials have…
I’m Generation X, but I was spending too long at work to have kids early enough for them to be Millennials. My kids, however, belong to Generation Z. Generation Z were born after the turn of the century. They’re post-9/11. They’ll inherit debt from the financial crisis. They’ll face global warming, and the transition from…
I wrote these articles on the other generations years ago, and since I wrote those initial drafts a brand new generation has emerged that deserves our attention. Born from 2010 onwards, Generation Alpha is the first generation born entirely in the 21st century. They’re the children of Millennials and younger Generation Xers, facing problems that…