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I read Generation X when it came out, and certainly enjoyed it. As a couple more years went past, it's age-based politics began to wear thin. There were peopl

I read Generation X when it came out, and certainly enjoyed it. As a couple more years went past, it's age-based politics began to wear thin. There were people my own age whom I disagreed with, politically and culturally. And there were boomers whose accomplishments and risk-taking I had to admire, even though culturally we came from different places. Ultimately, that was the lesson I took away: that age-based cultural/political affinity is really quite empty. A dead end and a distraction.

scottLobster 9y ago
Well there is some truth in that generations face different common challenges (different wars, levels of tech, economies, etc), and examining how a given "culture" reacts as a whole to these changes is potentially useful. The issue is when people focus on one specific, relatively visible response and extrapolate it to the entire culture. I know boomers who are cartoonishly entitled and millennials who work 60 hour weeks without complaint. That said there are some consistent general trends. Computer use drops drastically in the older demographics, for example.