Uncommon Sense


Generation OMG – NYT
March 10, 2009, 8:45 am
Filed under: Youth, Youth Vote

So the NYT ran an article called “Generation OMG” a couple of days ago.

Here’s my favorite part:

So while today’s high school and college students will be the ones creating the new public agencies and Internet infrastructures, Mr. Howe predicts, those who follow “will come of age wanting to participate in a system they trust and take for granted” — the next Silent Generation.

A distinction made between us Millennials (of which my littlest brother is either right on the cusp of or not even in, where as Aaron and I and the rest of our peers are solidly in) and the generation younger than us is striking.  I’ve noticed that there is something different between my peers and the kids that I babysit for.

This recession / depression will only further this distinction.  Most of the Millennials are now 18 or older – we, like Strauss and Howe predicted will change the world because of the time that we came of age – terrorism, 9/11, war, recession.  The younger generation, they’re the next Silent Gen.

H/T @DeanElmore



Major Find…
March 10, 2009, 8:36 am
Filed under: Youth, Youth Vote

Via FM (like I’ve said before, the lifesaver for my work for distinction).

Upon opening this site… “Whoa” was my response.

Cool stuff!




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