Has the world forgot about Gen X?
Recently I found an article on Time.com about Generation X being ignored or thought of by some as not accomplishing much at all. Has this generation been forgot about? What have the baby boomers or the millenials done that we haven't?
Generation X has developed the Internet and all things associated with it. We created the flat screen, the notebook computer, audio and video players as well as more sophisticated technologies to help make this world a better place. We made all the things that the millenials love to play with and what the baby boomers can't yet understand.
My dad is never wrong and my young nephew is never wrong. The baby boomers tell us what to do and so do the millenials. Is Generation X the caregivers of the others? Are we the inventors and idealists that their generations lacked? Sometimes it feels good to feel needed but we do it because we love it, not because we want to be noticed.
Posted by scott at 01:13AM in brain
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I don't think anyone should write off Gen X'ers. Generation X bridges the gap between what I call the analog gen (those born before 1966) and Generation Y / Millennials (Those born after 1982). Generation X will continue to be relevant because we didn't grow up with all the information in the world at our fingertips, we had to figure shit out for ourselves and build this technology. So we have the benefit of knowing what's happening underneath the hood and we don't take these tools for granted.
Us old timers can still remember days before the Internet! :-)
True dat brother Fran.
Let's see now, Generation X - born between 1966 and 1982, a 16 year window? What happened in those days? Were there any innovations that created a better world?
These folk came of age (18) just in time to give Ronald Reagan his second landslide victory. They graduated college in time to confirm the Reagan legacy by voting for his sucessor George H.W. Bush (one of the few presidents EVER to have a 90% approval rating!). The economy was doing great, few of Gen X ever remembering the Ford-Carter years.
The 1980's did introduce us to the "digital age," applying binary code to everything. Was this "better" than analog? Everything had a clear meaning with analog - vinyl plastic "L.P." were easily made and easily played. Large files were easily miniturized into microfilm and microfiche, accessable with simple magnification devices. Security for these records were simple - lock and key, and controlled access. With digital, all the records must be accessed with the devices (computers) that they were created for. Without the code, no one can figure it out. Gen X is there, "saviors" of the world! Well, the greatest generation (that gave birth to us boomers) already did that. We boomers have messed everything up! The last chance we had to vote in a true hero from our parents' generation (Bob Dole), we re-elected the embodiment of our own generation, one who had avoided the pain of war.
Now, generation X has succeeded in rejecting a hero from among the boomers, for one of their own (in spirit at least, though born as a boomer). His incredible mastery of the "information" age has brought him from obscurity to the oval office. Now, the holders of the secrets of digital will rule the world! I am thrilled. Not!!
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