{"id":752,"date":"2017-07-01T00:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T07:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionspeak.asinglelion.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2017-07-01T00:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T07:27:37","slug":"gen-x-ers-millennials-or-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Gen X-ers Millennials or Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent article they attempt to define a micro generation of those born between 1977 and 1983<\/a>. \u00a0The article is deeply flawed and is part of a greater issue what I call hyper generationalism. This is the mistake of defining the span of generations too short to even where one generation can have children declared as two different generations. \u00a0In addition, there is the problem of collectivism over generalizing the experiences of a generation. \u00a0\u00a0It should not matter how fast things have changed, all the events and tendencies become that generation\u2019s experiences.\u00a0 In this case, if you parents are boomers you are Generation X and your children are Millennials. I felt the same micro generation mistake was applied to me born in 1960 when a writer tired to name us Generation Jones.<\/p>\n

Now I do believe there is a phenomenon at the end\u00a0 of every generation, that every generation \u00a0has a sibling group \u00a0where the members did not create the culture but had it\u00a0 handed down to them. \u00a0\u00a0Being born in 1960, I do not feel attached\u00a0 to the Boomers but it is like when \u00a0the older sibling went to college, Vietnam, or the commune we were the ones who got the room, old clothes, magazines, and records, i.e. the Boomer culture \u00a0hand me downs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent article they attempt to define a micro generation of those born between 1977 and 1983. \u00a0The article is deeply flawed and is part of a greater issue what I call hyper generationalism. This is the mistake of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[349,347,350,348],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-culture","category-media","tag-boomers","tag-gen-x-ers","tag-generations","tag-millennials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}