If you follow generation Z news closely, you might have noticed a sudden increase in headlines that projects Generation Z as being more “socially conservative” than older generations. The finding, which claims that Generation Z are less open to same-sex marriage, gender fluidity and body...
Last week I attended Web Summit, Europe’s largest tech conference. This was the first year they summoned in Lisbon, Portugal having been in Dublin the years prior. The conference brings together over 50,000 attendees, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, globally renowned thought leaders and tech magnates as...
When I first started studying the post-millennial generation my clients and readers were mostly interested in learning how to sell diapers, rattle toys and baby food to new parents and close family. As this generation is growing older, their needs are evolving too. No generation the size...
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The challenges younger generations face today can at times feel overwhelming. Often the source of responsibility is pointed at older generations who are presumed responsible for the mess younger people now have to deal with. I believe "blameworthiness" is an undercurrent that contaminates, rather than enlighten our ability to understand the dynamic of age...
It’s hard to believe that we have finally entered the second half of the second decade of the new millennium. So much has changed only in the past 5 years: cloud computing and mobile are mainstream, 3D printers can be bought at the local office...
It's probably no surprise that "after the millennials" has been one of my key search terms for a while. I first started researching this generation in their infancy in the early 2000s, at a time when very little had yet been written about them. Covering this topic felt very much like entering a...
Last week I was standing dumbfounded at the CVS' greeting card isle trying to look for a Father's Day card for my husband. None of us are very conventional, and the typical pre-authored Hallmark card has rarely satisfied my somewhat snooty European taste. Somehow Hallmark seems to be in competition...
I recently came across an article in Aeon called "Against Generations", which is one of the harshest, yet most eloquent critiques of generational research I have read. Author Rebecca Onion disagrees with the epistemological justification for segmenting people based on age cohort, and (rightly) contends...
Social media has been in flames the last few days over a (now withdrawn) Barbie-book Mattel published in 2010. It started with a blog post on Pamiedotcom's Tumblr site. Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer is the gift that keeps on giving to blogs and click bait...
