Oh my God THANKYOU!!! Finally something about my generation besides the fact that we are the quote "digital natives." You actually talked about us and the issues and inequalities we face. I'm so tired of watching videos and reading articles like "Post-Millennial Digital Natives" or "How Marketers can Reach Out to Gen Z, The Digital Natives" or "Is Your Company Ready for Generation Z?" Our generation is more than just consumers and employees you monopoly capitalist assholes!
the reason you only see articles aimed a marketeers, about how to reach the next generation, is because this whole generation thinking only effects them. You as an individual don't really need to look at the world like that, since a generation exist of individuals anyway, who each are different. I get that it is interesting, but you have no reason to be offended about what these reasearchers write about your generation, because it really isn't about you, it's more about averages. And only business people, or other people who want to reach a audience have any necicisty to think about this. but thats just my thoughts, I get that it's interesting anyway.
People are arguing about when Gen Z starts and from what I've seen most say it's in the time frame of 1996-2010. I already knew I was Gen Z bc breaking it down I don't fit in Gen Y I'm too young and it's certain they remember clearly that we won't ever.
I was having a conversation the other day about how our preoccupation with generational divides is preventing us from capitalizing on what each generation has to offer the others. I love this idea of "breaking generations", it speaks directly to our need to move beyond old classifications and find new ways to transform the world around us. Our planet is becoming too crowded to marginalize any group. Thanks for sharing Dan and Tom and thanks for sharing in a way we can rapidly share!
Andrew Marshall - ah, great to hear you find the "Breaking Generations" discussion right up your alley. Given your background in both large- and small-scale (team) collaborative innovation, the topic likely comes up almost every time you have a mixed generation group, eh? Thanks for the support, and I hope to catch you at an #innobeer session sometime soon.
I tell my 3 kids, 9 grandchildren and my teams that you are "one idea away from winning the lottery". I was ready to throw our Keurig coffee maker in the garbage and my wife was able to fix our coffee maker by doing a simple search and finding a step by step video solution posted on UA-cam. Just think of all of the problems we could solve without dropping bombs on each other.
UA-cam has become the defacto classroom for lifelong learning! From fixing Kuerig to bridging the cultural chasms of misunderstanding, we have a lot to learn from each other. And, who knows, perhaps in all of the social media noise there is a signal that really can amplify the voice of humanity a few decibels closer to the sort of world that can solve many of the enormous challenges ahead.
Hi Tom, YOU did it again. You are true futurist.I 've learned from you Document management, Knowledge management, Innovation. All the learning was leading edge at the time and still new!!!
Thomas Koulopoulos and Dan Keldsen you offer both actionable insights and positive yet pragmatic view of how different generations can be helpful for each other rather than a hindrance. I am buying this book, launching on Nov 11th.
As a lifelong autodidact, I can't even begin to explain how important this concept is; not merely to me, but to everyone. Actually, it's kind of nice to have a moniker to hang on it now. Lifehacking. Yes, I've been doing it (sans title) for most of my life. Now, with the World as my Classroom, it has become far easier and we can expect it to do nothing but accelerate. With your six forces I believe you have - as my long-departed father used to say - hit the head right on the nail. Every one of these forces is easy to see in action if one but takes a moment to look around. Thanks for bringing it all together for everyone to learn. You have created a wonderfully informative and useful book. I hope it "slingshots" to the top of the charts. :)
Thanks Rick Ladd - for your early support on the pre-cursor to this project (the work that Carl Frappaolo and I did with AIIM back in 2008 for the Enterprise 2.0 world), and in as a sounding board while we were putting this together. U R #GenZ in every way.
Dan Keldsen Thanks, Dan. I am very pleased to have played a small role in what I think is very important work. I hope the book is a smashing success. It is timely and exceptionally relevant.
For me, the crowdsourcing phenomenon is particularly compelling, as it in many ways represents the ultimate fulfillment of my expectation that we'd eventually see a shift from "knowledge is power" to "the SHARING of knowledge is power." Leave it to you guys to tie it to a generational effect -- makes perfect sense indeed!
Tom and Dan have outdone themselves this time. They matter-of-factly introduce us to a post generational world - a sweeping reference to something that redefines disruption as we know it. It is the one factor that completely trashes the world as we know it. This book will be a bestseller regardless of anything. Wish I could pre-order in India!
I've been wondering who came up with the generation names. Gen x Gen y Gen z ? Your video caught my interest by addressing the "post generational world." Is it called Gen Z, because after that generation the generational lines will be so blurred they will not be distinguishable, making it in a sense the last generation?
beforehand, there was the world war 2 generation, then the silent generation, then the baby boomers. genX is called that cos we were cynical & disaffected, or "generation whatever". we were left largely on our own as "latchkey kids". the term genY was dreamt up by pundits who had no imagination and could not yet see the difference between X and Y kids yet. gen Y and gen Z are lazy terms who look at generations like a spinning odometer. a more accurate term for genY is millennials, reflecting the timing of their maturing around year 2000. the term generation Z simply reflects that laziness and lack of imagination, not to mention it's a little soon to see what is really shaping the newest generation. what distinguishes generations are the events going on around them in their formative years. ww2 generation had, well, ww2 -along with the great depression. silent generation had korean war, 1950s, cold war, yet a lot of optimism. baby boomers had jfk/rfk assassinations, urban riots, hippys, vietnam, etc. generationX had gas shortages, inflation/recession, shitty 1970s, Ronald Reagan, space shuttle explosion, and first persian gulf war in their youth. millenials' growing up was dominated by clintons/bushes/obama, changing of the millenium, 9/11, iran/afghanistan wars... not just events, but technologies. someone growing up in 1970s was excited to see cable tv arrive in their neighborhood. someone growing up in 1990s experienced arrival of cell phones and internet via dial up. someone growing up in 2000s saw arrival of broadband and smart phones. these specific events and technologies are what people in a generation have in common with eachother. a kid growing up in genX could not secretly record a fight on the bus or at school. the video camera would be at least as big as a shoebox. anyone would have to be there in person while the videotape was playing to view it, cos the internet was at least a decade away. now post-2005, any schoolkid can hold their hand-sized smartphone just right, record a vid of a fight, and post it up for the entire planet to see. this is before we even start talking about different fads & fashions: emojis, online gaming, or angry bird tshirts. those things entirely belong to younger generations. all the other generations have their own things. all the things for generation Z, both good and bad, those are still in the pipeline. whether it's an epidemic, a war, a new type of music, crises, revivals, whatever. and when you get older, you'll see five year olds of generation AA (??), remember what you witnessed and dealt with, then wonder what will shape them. so i disagree with the premise of this vid. there will be no post generational world. so long as the world changes around us, there will be differences between generations. and what REAL NAME gets assigned to genZ? that's still in the pipeline.
Tom and Dan tell us obvious truths that we haven’t yet seen. Gen Z “focuses on individual rather than generational behaviors.” So we benefit from the wisdom of teenagers and the innovation of elders.
A book that breaks down barriers between "us" and "them", offering diverse groups a smart perspective on how technology unites AND sheds light on our future.
Hi Allison Boyer - thanks for your support, and I hope we have the chance to run into each other again sometime soon. Thanks for all of your assistance at NMX2013.
Having first thought about the shift in generational divides when thinking about, "How come our kids like...(pick your favorite 80's band)?" it made me curious to understand what else has changed. This book looks to help explain many of the ways that life has changed both for us and our kids. I look forward to reading it and getting new insights into this fascinating field of study.
Thanks Greg Lowe - you'll recognize many of the topics that you and I and the various members of the 2.0 Adoption Council have bounced around for many years now. Some topics, you're going to hate (hello #gamification !), but that's fine - blind adoption is no way to live. Thanks for your support all around!
Dear Tom. Thank you very much for not only connecting the dots but making this exciting developments an interesting and understandable story. Like your other books will GenZ Effect help (not only me) to share this with people who are not working in our industry at all, but are nevertheless part of this big change process. Greetings Ralf Germany
Akhila Ramesh 1995 is the cutoff for GenZ if you were born prior to that then you'd be a millennial. However, keep in mind these boundaries are not hard and fast. There's no government agency that dictates when a generation begins and ends. So you could call yourself either a millennial or GenZ
Sounds like an interesting future-of-the-world-and-technology read Dan and Tom. I've heard Tom at the International Legal Technology Association and met Dan at the Boston KM Forum. ILTA's Future Horizons initiative focuses on many of the same trends and changes, but focuses of course on legal services. www.iltanet.org/MainMenuCategory/Future-Horizons
so the forces that're attributed to kids r being deemed as beneficial to b implemented into regular workings of the world? we look down on adolescents for their use of the technology for a reason. they're agenda is vapidity. which is driven by the ego n lack of knowledge of the tool (technology is a tool. though it's been skewed as a toy, nowadays). all this is doing is creating big babies. we don't need to b giving everyone a device to keep everyone connected. hive mind is something to avoided, not strived for. a utopia mindset will get us captured. but hey, I'm just here for the ride. shits gonna go down, either way.
The Gen Z Effect urges you to make passion your priority. And goes on to show you how. It provides the much needed clarity for the West to understand how the six forces are levelling the play field.
That's an interesting twist - disruptive innovation by cutting the branch you're sitting on, or burning the ships so you can't turn back? I'm thinking it's more that the branch is primed to fling you into the future (Slingshotting is the Force in question), and it's just a matter of time as to WHEN it will happen.
Dan Keldsen Nice buildup on the 'branch' concept. I like the way my comfort zone idea morphed into slingshotting. Very Gen Z if you ask me. and co-create.
Guru Ps yes, co-creation certainly fits in the model. We didn't call it out explicitly as one of the six forces, but co-creation certainly fits as a component of each of the six forces. Besides, the lone genius is very lonely - what's the point of having all these other people on the globe, if not to work, live and play with them?
i disagree with the premise of this video. it seems to assume that technology will plateau and be adopted by everybody. technology is continuing to advance faster now than just a decade ago. a kid in 2050 will look at our best gaming systems of today and sneer at how primitive they are. given the possibility of self driving cars, what will kids in 2050 think about our best cars of today? and even if technology all leveled out and were adopted by all generations, that still leaves out fads, fashions, and historical events. what will sneakers look like in 2030? if a mass epidemic struck in say 2037, that would be a generation-shaping event if kids remember 2/3 of their class dying from it Big Time. if a major war or cyberwar broke out in 2023, every kid will remember that as the shaping event of their generation. even though grown adults will be affected by the same events, they are not happening during said adults' formative years. and while it would be nice if kids/adults/elderly could talk about what's going on around them with some commonality, there's no way different generations will ever experience events/happenings on the same level, unless we all become borg or something.
Numantino312 I appreciate the comment and agree that cohorts will continue to be shaped by events in their formative years. However, the notion of vast generational differences is diminishing rapidly. They will not be as profound as they once were. We are far too connected and our ability to remain collectively engaged across generational boundaries will only amplify with time. So, no, we are not the borg but neither are we separated by the generational chasms of the past.
Numantino312 I appreciate the comment and agree that cohorts will continue to be shaped by events in their formative years. However, the notion of vast generational differences is diminishing rapidly. They will not be as profound as they once were. We are far too connected and our ability to remain collectively engaged across generational boundaries will only amplify with time. So, no, we are not the borg but neither are we separated by the generational chasms of the past.
Ro J Goodwin After Generation Y (Millennials) comes Z. So yeah, I am a Millennial in this case. Generations are defined by alphabets, but i still question what comes after Z though. :P
Oh my God THANKYOU!!! Finally something about my generation besides the fact that we are the quote "digital natives."
You actually talked about us and the issues and inequalities we face. I'm so tired of watching videos and reading articles like "Post-Millennial Digital Natives" or "How Marketers can Reach Out to Gen Z, The Digital Natives" or "Is Your Company Ready for Generation Z?" Our generation is more than just consumers and employees you monopoly capitalist assholes!
+ShinyDragonite1 words r hard
the reason you only see articles aimed a marketeers, about how to reach the next generation, is because this whole generation thinking only effects them. You as an individual don't really need to look at the world like that, since a generation exist of individuals anyway, who each are different. I get that it is interesting, but you have no reason to be offended about what these reasearchers write about your generation, because it really isn't about you, it's more about averages. And only business people, or other people who want to reach a audience have any necicisty to think about this.
but thats just my thoughts, I get that it's interesting anyway.
More information on the book is at www.thegenzeffect.com/
I am immortal this generational thing doesn't apply to me.
born 2001 and proud member Generation z
Aime Noor 1998
when u label urself, you've already lost
Aime Noor yes!!
Pride is what fucked up previous generations
Aime Noor eh same but born in 2000
People are arguing about when Gen Z starts and from what I've seen most say it's in the time frame of 1996-2010. I already knew I was Gen Z bc breaking it down I don't fit in Gen Y I'm too young and it's certain they remember clearly that we won't ever.
Shayna, You're right about the time frame. We define Z as starting with anyone born after 1995.
And here I am thinking the millennials occupied the space between 1980 and 2000...
Its 95 actually
@@damiendarko9411 Actually many sources in the US use 1980/82-2000
There are also Zillenials (1993-1998/9) they don't fit either generation
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Zillenial
I was having a conversation the other day about how our preoccupation with generational divides is preventing us from capitalizing on what each generation has to offer the others. I love this idea of "breaking generations", it speaks directly to our need to move beyond old classifications and find new ways to transform the world around us. Our planet is becoming too crowded to marginalize any group. Thanks for sharing Dan and Tom and thanks for sharing in a way we can rapidly share!
Thanks Andrew! Definitely time for new ways of thinking about generations.
Andrew Marshall - ah, great to hear you find the "Breaking Generations" discussion right up your alley. Given your background in both large- and small-scale (team) collaborative innovation, the topic likely comes up almost every time you have a mixed generation group, eh? Thanks for the support, and I hope to catch you at an #innobeer session sometime soon.
I tell my 3 kids, 9 grandchildren and my teams that you are "one idea away from winning the lottery". I was ready to throw our Keurig coffee maker in the garbage and my wife was able to fix our coffee maker by doing a simple search and finding a step by step video solution posted on UA-cam. Just think of all of the problems we could solve without dropping bombs on each other.
UA-cam has become the defacto classroom for lifelong learning! From fixing Kuerig to bridging the cultural chasms of misunderstanding, we have a lot to learn from each other. And, who knows, perhaps in all of the social media noise there is a signal that really can amplify the voice of humanity a few decibels closer to the sort of world that can solve many of the enormous challenges ahead.
Hi Tom, YOU did it again. You are true futurist.I 've learned from you Document management, Knowledge management, Innovation. All the learning was leading edge at the time and still new!!!
Thank you Hiroshi! It has been a long time and I look forward to coming to Japan some day soon so that we can catch up.
Thanks 三上紘司 - glad to hear The Gen Z Effect is circling the globe, as our research is pointing to!
Thomas Koulopoulos and Dan Keldsen you offer both actionable insights and positive yet pragmatic view of how different generations can be helpful for each other rather than a hindrance. I am buying this book, launching on Nov 11th.
Check news about The Gen Z Effect at facebook.com/thegenzeffect
Have shared this and will continue to do so.
As a lifelong autodidact, I can't even begin to explain how important this concept is; not merely to me, but to everyone. Actually, it's kind of nice to have a moniker to hang on it now. Lifehacking. Yes, I've been doing it (sans title) for most of my life. Now, with the World as my Classroom, it has become far easier and we can expect it to do nothing but accelerate.
With your six forces I believe you have - as my long-departed father used to say - hit the head right on the nail. Every one of these forces is easy to see in action if one but takes a moment to look around. Thanks for bringing it all together for everyone to learn. You have created a wonderfully informative and useful book. I hope it "slingshots" to the top of the charts. :)
Thanks Rick Ladd - for your early support on the pre-cursor to this project (the work that Carl Frappaolo and I did with AIIM back in 2008 for the Enterprise 2.0 world), and in as a sounding board while we were putting this together. U R #GenZ in every way.
Dan Keldsen Thanks, Dan. I am very pleased to have played a small role in what I think is very important work. I hope the book is a smashing success. It is timely and exceptionally relevant.
For me, the crowdsourcing phenomenon is particularly compelling, as it in many ways represents the ultimate fulfillment of my expectation that we'd eventually see a shift from "knowledge is power" to "the SHARING of knowledge is power." Leave it to you guys to tie it to a generational effect -- makes perfect sense indeed!
Congratulations Dan Keldsen and Thomas! A much needed conversation. I look forward to reading the book!
Thanks Ligia Buzan - much appreciated. You are most definitely #GenZ !
Tom and Dan have outdone themselves this time. They matter-of-factly introduce us to a post generational world - a sweeping reference to something that redefines disruption as we know it. It is the one factor that completely trashes the world as we know it. This book will be a bestseller regardless of anything. Wish I could pre-order in India!
In the 18 years I've known you both this is but another piece of great insight into our future with technology. Looking forward to reading the book!
Thanks John - multimedia has come a long way since that presentation I did... almost 20 years ago! ;)
As usual, terrific thought leadership from you guys. I look forward to reading the whole book, and it has been enlightening to watch the process.
Thanks Bob. Hopefully fuel for another guest spot in the McCullough classroom of enlightened young minds!
Interesting, looking forward to reading the book when it comes out.
I've been wondering who came up with the generation names. Gen x Gen y Gen z ? Your video caught my interest by addressing the "post generational world." Is it called Gen Z, because after that generation the generational lines will be so blurred they will not be distinguishable, making it in a sense the last generation?
Jonathan Suzanne Cox why do they say its the last generation? will the next generations be just like us or do they not exist..?
beforehand, there was the world war 2 generation, then the silent generation, then the baby boomers. genX is called that cos we were cynical & disaffected, or "generation whatever". we were left largely on our own as "latchkey kids". the term genY was dreamt up by pundits who had no imagination and could not yet see the difference between X and Y kids yet. gen Y and gen Z are lazy terms who look at generations like a spinning odometer. a more accurate term for genY is millennials, reflecting the timing of their maturing around year 2000. the term generation Z simply reflects that laziness and lack of imagination, not to mention it's a little soon to see what is really shaping the newest generation.
what distinguishes generations are the events going on around them in their formative years. ww2 generation had, well, ww2 -along with the great depression. silent generation had korean war, 1950s, cold war, yet a lot of optimism. baby boomers had jfk/rfk assassinations, urban riots, hippys, vietnam, etc. generationX had gas shortages, inflation/recession, shitty 1970s, Ronald Reagan, space shuttle explosion, and first persian gulf war in their youth. millenials' growing up was dominated by clintons/bushes/obama, changing of the millenium, 9/11, iran/afghanistan wars... not just events, but technologies. someone growing up in 1970s was excited to see cable tv arrive in their neighborhood. someone growing up in 1990s experienced arrival of cell phones and internet via dial up. someone growing up in 2000s saw arrival of broadband and smart phones.
these specific events and technologies are what people in a generation have in common with eachother. a kid growing up in genX could not secretly record a fight on the bus or at school. the video camera would be at least as big as a shoebox. anyone would have to be there in person while the videotape was playing to view it, cos the internet was at least a decade away. now post-2005, any schoolkid can hold their hand-sized smartphone just right, record a vid of a fight, and post it up for the entire planet to see. this is before we even start talking about different fads & fashions: emojis, online gaming, or angry bird tshirts. those things entirely belong to younger generations.
all the other generations have their own things. all the things for generation Z, both good and bad, those are still in the pipeline. whether it's an epidemic, a war, a new type of music, crises, revivals, whatever. and when you get older, you'll see five year olds of generation AA (??), remember what you witnessed and dealt with, then wonder what will shape them.
so i disagree with the premise of this vid. there will be no post generational world. so long as the world changes around us, there will be differences between generations. and what REAL NAME gets assigned to genZ? that's still in the pipeline.
Congratulations on the book! Very exciting.
Tom and Dan tell us obvious truths that we haven’t yet seen. Gen Z “focuses on individual rather than generational behaviors.” So we benefit from the wisdom of teenagers and the innovation of elders.
A book that breaks down barriers between "us" and "them", offering diverse groups a smart perspective on how technology unites AND sheds light on our future.
Spoken like a true Zed! You nailed it Caitlin - a future that you are already shaping.
Interesting ideas - I look forward to reading! :)
Hi Allison Boyer - thanks for your support, and I hope we have the chance to run into each other again sometime soon. Thanks for all of your assistance at NMX2013.
This looks like an intriguing book, can't wait to read it!
Sean, you are GenZ since you were born in 1995, the starting point for GenZ by birth.
Some say 1992 was the first year
What about the fact that we are the most conservative generation since the 50s?
Having first thought about the shift in generational divides when thinking about, "How come our kids like...(pick your favorite 80's band)?" it made me curious to understand what else has changed. This book looks to help explain many of the ways that life has changed both for us and our kids. I look forward to reading it and getting new insights into this fascinating field of study.
Thanks Greg Lowe - you'll recognize many of the topics that you and I and the various members of the 2.0 Adoption Council have bounced around for many years now. Some topics, you're going to hate (hello #gamification !), but that's fine - blind adoption is no way to live. Thanks for your support all around!
AMAZING descriptions and examples of the future of sales and technology~ simplified in an enjoyable ( and fun!) read
if it isn't fun, it won't catch this generation's attention. kind of like children. hmmm...
Dear Tom.
Thank you very much for not only connecting the dots but making this exciting developments an interesting and understandable story. Like your other books will GenZ Effect help (not only me) to share this with people who are not working in our industry at all, but are nevertheless part of this big change process.
Greetings
Ralf
Germany
Thanks Ralph. That's the essence and the promise of Gen Z; it will impact everyone, not just the techies!
Interesting, as always from Tom.
I can see bio-hacking getting popular to the gen z kids.
holdmybeer lmao
WHAT PROGRAM DID YOU USE TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION?
+Alejandro Pérez Candela Videoscribe/Sparkol
Videoscribe
everyone had their opinions but no one really doesn't know
Fascinating look at how technology is permeating all facets of our business lives!
I was born march 1996 and it's pretty unclear what generation I'm in.
Akhila Ramesh 1995 is the cutoff for GenZ if you were born prior to that then you'd be a millennial. However, keep in mind these boundaries are not hard and fast. There's no government agency that dictates when a generation begins and ends. So you could call yourself either a millennial or GenZ
Born in 1998 Gen Z and proud 😉
what's to b prideful of? the fact that u apparently identify with countless adult children with an erection for daily semantics?
I Velez its silly to be proud of something you have no choice in
your not even genz
Sounds like an interesting future-of-the-world-and-technology read Dan and Tom. I've heard Tom at the International Legal Technology Association and met Dan at the Boston KM Forum. ILTA's Future Horizons initiative focuses on many of the same trends and changes, but focuses of course on legal services. www.iltanet.org/MainMenuCategory/Future-Horizons
generation z is unemployed because of robot sad😩
so the forces that're attributed to kids r being deemed as beneficial to b implemented into regular workings of the world? we look down on adolescents for their use of the technology for a reason. they're agenda is vapidity. which is driven by the ego n lack of knowledge of the tool (technology is a tool. though it's been skewed as a toy, nowadays). all this is doing is creating big babies. we don't need to b giving everyone a device to keep everyone connected. hive mind is something to avoided, not strived for. a utopia mindset will get us captured. but hey, I'm just here for the ride. shits gonna go down, either way.
alot people told me I was in generation z
The Gen Z Effect urges you to make passion your priority. And goes on to show you how. It provides the much needed clarity for the West to understand how the six forces are levelling the play field.
If you want to soar, cut the branch on which you are sitting. The #GenZEffect mantra.
That's an interesting twist - disruptive innovation by cutting the branch you're sitting on, or burning the ships so you can't turn back? I'm thinking it's more that the branch is primed to fling you into the future (Slingshotting is the Force in question), and it's just a matter of time as to WHEN it will happen.
Education needs disruption.
Dan Keldsen Nice buildup on the 'branch' concept. I like the way my comfort zone idea morphed into slingshotting. Very Gen Z if you ask me. and co-create.
Guru Ps yes, co-creation certainly fits in the model. We didn't call it out explicitly as one of the six forces, but co-creation certainly fits as a component of each of the six forces. Besides, the lone genius is very lonely - what's the point of having all these other people on the globe, if not to work, live and play with them?
i disagree with the premise of this video. it seems to assume that technology will plateau and be adopted by everybody. technology is continuing to advance faster now than just a decade ago. a kid in 2050 will look at our best gaming systems of today and sneer at how primitive they are. given the possibility of self driving cars, what will kids in 2050 think about our best cars of today? and even if technology all leveled out and were adopted by all generations, that still leaves out fads, fashions, and historical events. what will sneakers look like in 2030? if a mass epidemic struck in say 2037, that would be a generation-shaping event if kids remember 2/3 of their class dying from it Big Time. if a major war or cyberwar broke out in 2023, every kid will remember that as the shaping event of their generation. even though grown adults will be affected by the same events, they are not happening during said adults' formative years. and while it would be nice if kids/adults/elderly could talk about what's going on around them with some commonality, there's no way different generations will ever experience events/happenings on the same level, unless we all become borg or something.
Numantino312 I appreciate the comment and agree that cohorts will continue to be shaped by events in their formative years. However, the notion of vast generational differences is diminishing rapidly. They will not be as profound as they once were. We are far too connected and our ability to remain collectively engaged across generational boundaries will only amplify with time. So, no, we are not the borg but neither are we separated by the generational chasms of the past.
Numantino312 I appreciate the comment and agree that cohorts will continue to be shaped by events in their formative years. However, the notion of vast generational differences is diminishing rapidly. They will not be as profound as they once were. We are far too connected and our ability to remain collectively engaged across generational boundaries will only amplify with time. So, no, we are not the borg but neither are we separated by the generational chasms of the past.
Everything 2.0
I'm gen z it's 1994
Nope gen y
1996-2010
Unicorn Puppy no you idiot I found more evidence of 1994-2010
Unicorn Puppy so please quit idiot.
@@unicornpuppy715 no its 2000-2010
I am Gen Z
I'm 18, born in 1996, graduated high school in 2014. What generation am I ??
Your Gen z
Why is it called Generation Z?
Ro J Goodwin Well, I'm not sure to be honest
Ro J Goodwin After Generation Y (Millennials) comes Z.
So yeah, I am a Millennial in this case.
Generations are defined by alphabets, but i still question what comes after Z though. :P
Morph Verse after Z comes the Fall of America