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• Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:25 PM

  Another One for the Bookshelf

  I just saw this review of a new book called Millennial Makeover: YouTube, MySpace and the Remaking of American Politics by Morely Winogrand and Michael Hais. The reviewer, Mike Connery, is himself the author of a book on Millennials in politics called Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Strauss & Howe, generational theory, Politics, Millennials

• Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:54 AM

  Generations and Life-Stages

  Dan has a post up at Future of Information Work on the question of whether Millennials are actually different in important ways from previous generations of young people (and young workers), or if they are just "troublesome" to employers because all 20-somethings Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: generational theory, workforce development

• Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:37 AM

  Generations International

  Generation Blend draws most of its data about generational attitudes and experiences from the United States. There's every reason to believe that the digital age gap exists around the world, especially in societies that made an abrupt transition from Read More... Posted by Rob | 0 Comments Filed under: generational theory, Social Trends, Millennials

• Sunday, February 03, 2008 10:52 AM

  Reads of the Week

  Washington Post political writers Morley Winograd and Michael Hais take a generational view of US politics in the context of Barack Obama's presidential run. Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum isn't buying . The New York Times connects increasing fertility Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: generational theory, Politics, Social Trends

• Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:06 PM

  Lost Boys

  One of the tropes that seems to recur with depressing regularity in the American generational cycle is the death of a prominent young male celebrity - often among the first of his cohort to achieve fame in popular culture - just at the moment when his Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: generational theory, popular culture

• Sunday, January 20, 2008 9:23 AM

  Another Cinematic Window into Generational Relationships

  In the words of one of my favorite aphorisms, "if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail." My hammer at the moment is generational theory, Strauss and Howe's view of the procession and relations between different cohorts in American Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: Strauss & Howe, generational theory, Media, Boomers

• Thursday, January 03, 2008 3:17 PM

  Generations of Mad Men

  My wife and I have belatedly discovered the fantastic new series Mad Men , currently re-running its first season on AMC or available on iTunes. Created by Matthew (“The Sopranos”) Weiner, it’s a dark comedy/drama set in a Madison Avenue ad agency in 1960. Read More... Posted by Rob | 1 Comments Filed under: generational theory, Media, Boomers, Generation X-ecutive

• Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:51 PM

  A Passage of Generations

  Sad that the first post on the new blog concerns the passage of one of the most influential thinkers on the subject of generations and sociology: William Strauss , co-author of the monumental work Generations: The History of America's Future 1584-2069 Read More... Posted by admin | 2 Comments Filed under: Strauss & Howe, generational theory