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Will Generation Y Be In Deep Trouble? - Globalization

2 points by sthomps 16y ago

tjmaxal 16y ago
It it just me or is this just a secret ad for Sokanu?
- sthomps 16y ago
  Nope, not a secret ad. While Sokanu can help people by helping them find their passion, it has nothing to do directly with the issue of globalization and it's economic effects.
iamdave 16y ago
I'm going to state something incredibly radical, and possibly (to some) fool hearty: Last week I announced to myself that I would no longer take a part in the political process until 60% of the baby boomer population in the US was out of office, succeeded by a member of a younger generation. With some notable exceptions, the Baby Boomer generation is painfully slow to adopt the globalization of information technology in such a capacity that younger generations have; sometimes to the point of willful ignorance. Their timid nature results in often refusing to be a part of these new trends, and often stopping their adoption on wide levels for no reason other than not understanding how they work. That said, those who have been empowered by such technologies need to be exponentially more vocal in driving down the capital and overhead of our expensive lifestyle by making use of these cost effective technologies and they must do so by(A) leveraging the benefits of a globalized workforce that doesn't place such a heavy dependence on third-party workers (in much the same way the US has depended on foreign energy to the point of hyper-polarization and excessive political baggage) and (B) strategically implementing infrastructures that would allow for a symbiotic relationship that develops social capital in these areas with cost effective solutions; thereby empowering these smaller nations, while inspiring and creating incentive for keeping the machine back at home well oiled.
- hga 16y ago
  Wouldn't it make more sense for you to at minimum mechanically vote in every election you can where a Baby Boomer is running against a young whippersnapper? Maybe even give some money to the latter if it looks like he can win? Note also that culturally the classic Baby Boomers (e.g. the Clintons and G. W. Bush) are different from those who were born at the end of the demographic Baby Boom, who are labeled as being part of Generation Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones; e.g. Obama and myself :-). I think we might be a bit more accommodating of new technology and all that it brings.
  - iamdave 16y ago
    It would, actually.

2 points by sthomps 16y ago

tjmaxal 16y ago

It it just me or is this just a secret ad for Sokanu?

sthomps 16y ago
Nope, not a secret ad. While Sokanu can help people by helping them find their passion, it has nothing to do directly with the issue of globalization and it's economic effects.

iamdave 16y ago

I'm going to state something incredibly radical, and possibly (to some) fool hearty: Last week I announced to myself that I would no longer take a part in the political process until 60% of the baby boomer population in the US was out of office, succeeded by a member of a younger generation. With some notable exceptions, the Baby Boomer generation is painfully slow to adopt the globalization of information technology in such a capacity that younger generations have; sometimes to the point of willful ignorance. Their timid nature results in often refusing to be a part of these new trends, and often stopping their adoption on wide levels for no reason other than not understanding how they work. That said, those who have been empowered by such technologies need to be exponentially more vocal in driving down the capital and overhead of our expensive lifestyle by making use of these cost effective technologies and they must do so by(A) leveraging the benefits of a globalized workforce that doesn't place such a heavy dependence on third-party workers (in much the same way the US has depended on foreign energy to the point of hyper-polarization and excessive political baggage) and (B) strategically implementing infrastructures that would allow for a symbiotic relationship that develops social capital in these areas with cost effective solutions; thereby empowering these smaller nations, while inspiring and creating incentive for keeping the machine back at home well oiled.

hga 16y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense for you to at minimum mechanically vote in every election you can where a Baby Boomer is running against a young whippersnapper? Maybe even give some money to the latter if it looks like he can win? Note also that culturally the classic Baby Boomers (e.g. the Clintons and G. W. Bush) are different from those who were born at the end of the demographic Baby Boom, who are labeled as being part of Generation Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones; e.g. Obama and myself :-). I think we might be a bit more accommodating of new technology and all that it brings.
- iamdave 16y ago
  It would, actually.