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Generational Wealth

A commenter writes: Are the elites who are running this of the same quality of mind as their great and great great grandparents who started much of this at the turn of the century? My impression is the current crop is lacking in patience, and is not as equipped as…
July 16, 202011 Comments
Generational Memory Hole

Generational Memory Hole

If you frequent social media and counterculture blogs, it's hard to escape the phenomenon of people wising up to generational differences. Much is made of Strauss-Howe generational theory. Some claim they can predict where the country's heading based on the age of the people in charge cross-referenced with the general…
June 23, 202012 Comments
early 80s

The High 90s

A raging debate between members of Generation Y and the Millennials revolves around this question: Which decade was superior--the 1980s or the 1990s? As with the prevailing generational models themselves, cultural eras defy easy sorting into neat and tidy boxes. What we tend to think of as 1960s culture, for…
May 23, 202069 Comments
Victory Defeated JRPGs

Victory Defeated JRPGs

Besides writing best selling books, I've kept myself occupied during the Corona-chan lock down by going back and playing some classic games. Mainly I've been revisiting celebrated titles from console gaming's 8 and 16-bit golden age. To say it's been a trip down memory lane would be an understatement. I've…
May 12, 202055 Comments
Generation G

Generation G

This tweet emerged on Twitter yesterday. I had to do some back-of-the-envelope calculations to confirm its mind-boggling assertions. But yes, indeed. #GamerGate turns six this year. The Five Guys affair that incited #GG broke out in August of 2014. For many of us who fought to drive what we now…
May 4, 20208 Comments
Wasting a Crisis

Wasting a Crisis

It's taken for granted that Millennials are among the most left-leaning generations. Those who subscribe to Fourth Turning theory ascribe this leftward bent to a Hero generation coming of age during a time of unprecedented ease. The great crisis the Millennials spent their childhoods waiting for never came. Therefore they…
March 31, 202011 Comments
People Are Starting to Notice

People Are Starting to Notice

... that Generation Y and the Millennials are not the same demographic cohort, as Kent State found when they studied younger people in the work force. Many discussions of the post-1980 population lump everyone together and call them all Millennials. Increasing numbers of research studies, however, are recognizing that even…
March 9, 202017 Comments
Window to the Past

Window to the Past

The inventors of television probably thought they were pioneering a revolutionary new communications medium. What they couldn't have suspected was that they were creating the next best thing to a time machine. Yesterday I stumbled across this compilation of TV commercials someone had taped on a Saturday morning that time…
March 6, 202014 Comments
The Past as Battlefield

The Past as Battlefield

As the twenty-first century enters its third decade, we leave behind a landmark phase of the culture war that has raged hot and cold since before many of you reading this were born. The recently concluded stage of the battle for Western civilization saw one side drop its mask and…
February 21, 202014 Comments
A Gen Y Tale in Audio

A Gen Y Tale in Audio

Author and musician David V. Stewart presents his expert rendition of my viral short story "A Gen Y Tale". Folks have been asking to hear my work in audio for years. Thanks to David, here's your chance. Listen now! From my biased perspective, I think David not only delivered a…
February 17, 20203 Comments