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| From | John L Micek <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: X and the Millennials (stupid wiki) |
| Date | Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:09:59 -0400 |
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> This is remarkable. While they mention Howe and Strauss in passing,
> noting their book GENERATIONS, they make no reference to the duo's
> DEFINING analysis of Generation X, 13TH GEN: ABORT, RETRY, IGNORE,
> FAIL. This is like writing a book on the history of rock and only
> giving The Beatles one sentence.
Funny .. I thought I was the only member of our generation to have
read this book. It left a profound impact on me, making me realize
that I wasn't alone in my plight.
For a few years, I even edited an online magazine called "13" that
took its title from their book.
john micek
On Jul 29, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Sam Smith wrote:
> Marty Rudnick wrote:
>> I don't know who decides this stuff...but fascinating...
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X
>
> This is the book that changed my life, because up until then I
> thought it was just me. It's one of the most important books
> written in the past couple decades, and I highly recommend it to
> anybody who wants to get a handle on X: http://www.amazon.com/gp/
> product/0679743650/104-1946793-0882340?v=glance&n=283155 <http://
> www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679743650/104-1946793-0882340?
> v=glance&n=283155>
>
> Their subsequent book on Millennials, MILLENNIALS RISING, is also
> really good, despite the fact that it's a little blinded in places
> by the fact that both authors have Millennial kids who they're
> quite taken by. Nonetheless, if you want to understand the gen that
> started being born around 1980 - the Baby on Board Generation, if
> you will - it's a really good resource: http://www.amazon.com/gp/
> product/0375707190/ref=pd_sim_b_2/104-1946793-0882340?ie=UTF8
>
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> "...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the lights
> shining sideways when the night is down, or going in strange places
> with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing behind, or drawn to
> the cities where you'd hear a voice kissing and talking deep love
> in every shadow of the ditch, and you passing on with an empty,
> hungry stomach failing from your heart."
>
> John Millington Synge
>
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