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That's definitely true, but it does seem like there are some broad generational commonalities. I think using a 20 year definition of generation might be too br

That's definitely true, but it does seem like there are some broad generational commonalities. I think using a 20 year definition of generation might be too broad when rapid societal changes happen. For instance, I think people of 1970-1990 and 1990-2010 are likely to be more similar than 1980-2000. But that's just deciding where we cut our sausage into links

protomyth 11y ago
Good point, but I don't think I agree. I think there is a heavy urban prejudice to the generational categories definitions and a lot of it seems to be directed at what sales categories to use.
- monknomo 11y ago
  Certainly there is an urban prejudice, but that just happens automatically when you average a country's worth of people. I think there is an east coast bias and an upper income bias, as well. I still think they are ok views of a mass of people, if you squint and keep them general enough :)
  - protomyth 11y ago
    Your probably right, I just really hate talking about group beliefs in terms of anything but the group believing it. Stretching it to a general trend strikes me as wrong. Broken abstraction applied to the real world?
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > I think there is a heavy urban prejudice to the generational categories definitions There's a heavy urban prejudice to the population (US population is 81% urban), too, so its not surprising that broad descriptions of population might be biased that way.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > I think there is a heavy urban prejudice to the generational categories definitions There's a heavy urban prejudice to the population (US population is 81% urban), too, so its not surprising that broad descriptions of population might be biased that way. > and a lot of it seems to be directed at what sales categories to use. Given that substantial real money is on the line in often highly competitive environments, "sales categories" most likely capture real features.

protomyth 11y ago

Good point, but I don't think I agree. I think there is a heavy urban prejudice to the generational categories definitions and a lot of it seems to be directed at what sales categories to use.

monknomo 11y ago
Certainly there is an urban prejudice, but that just happens automatically when you average a country's worth of people. I think there is an east coast bias and an upper income bias, as well. I still think they are ok views of a mass of people, if you squint and keep them general enough :)
- protomyth 11y ago
  Your probably right, I just really hate talking about group beliefs in terms of anything but the group believing it. Stretching it to a general trend strikes me as wrong. Broken abstraction applied to the real world?
dragonwriter 11y ago
> I think there is a heavy urban prejudice to the generational categories definitions There's a heavy urban prejudice to the population (US population is 81% urban), too, so its not surprising that broad descriptions of population might be biased that way.
dragonwriter 11y ago
> I think there is a heavy urban prejudice to the generational categories definitions There's a heavy urban prejudice to the population (US population is 81% urban), too, so its not surprising that broad descriptions of population might be biased that way. > and a lot of it seems to be directed at what sales categories to use. Given that substantial real money is on the line in often highly competitive environments, "sales categories" most likely capture real features.