The Millennial Generation

[Parththakkar12]

 

[DrewNows]

Video really does speak for itself, powerful reflection tool and I can definitely relate when it comes to inner turmoil and conflicts this pandemic has stirred up, even as someone who feels as though I’ve had an intuitive knowing

[Parththakkar12]

Very important videos.

[Origins]

@Parththakkar12 If you fit into any generation in this century, you've failed the story making game of consciousness. For fuck sake we have so much information available to us to make interpersonal communication so unique between one another regarding the individuality we can share. If you fit into literally any stereotype, you've never truly become conscious because you're just a mirror of "an age" that is essentially ageless in light of the internet. This is the "ageless" generation, meaning you can integrate thousands of years of history that its virtually impossible to pigeon hole you into some unthinking category of culture, because that's essentially the categories we have available in modern culture, unthinking ones, even the category of intellectualism is still unthinking because its not like its creative. This is why openness to experience is so important in this modern technological era, because for every unit of increase in valuable informational availability we have there is at least double the inventive possibility, which means if your consciousness is not at least half that unit of increase there will be increasingly greater diminishing returns on what benefit you can derive from it and that's where we're at in the modern era, peoples level's of openness are not high enough to interplay with the symphony of expansion that is ever-unfolding and public intellectuals are like old headmasters with wooden walking sticks still chiming away the same biblical lines they wrote down 20 years ago. The positive turn at least is that this means that if you can increase your openness, your capacity for invention is inordinately large in light of the growth of informational sophistication being vastly superior to our capacity to keep up. Based on this for every unit of increase in openness, because information growth is at least one thousand times greater, your capacity for invention is at least twice as large as your growth in openness.

[Willie]

10 minutes ago, datamonster said:

The word "Millennial" not does mean anything if you ask me.

Yes, technically I am a millennial. So, are Justin Bieber and Kim Jong Un.

But the three of us have absolutely nothing in common despite being born in the same arbitrary range of dates that defines the generation called "millennials".

So, what's the point of using this label when talking about problems with people or society?

clickbait?

[Parththakkar12]

7 minutes ago, datamonster said:

The word "Millennial" not does mean anything if you ask me.

Yes, technically I am a millennial. So, are Justin Bieber and Kim Jong Un.

But the three of us have absolutely nothing in common despite being born in the same arbitrary range of dates that defines the generation called "millennials".

So, what's the point of using this label when talking about problems with people or society?

I understand that you don't want people to generalize. Here's the thing though - just because you tell people to not generalize, doesn't mean they're going to stop doing it! Human beings generalize. We are talking in the realm of stereotypes here. They exist and affect our lives.

The point of generalizing is to be able to observe general, collective trends in society and to address them.

[ArchangelG]

Highly recommend Strauss-Howe generational theory if you're interrested in these topics. 

Four turnings: The high, The Awakening, The unraveling, The crisis.

Four archetypes:Prophet, Nomad, Hero, Artist

Here are some outtakes from the wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss–Howe_generational_theory

 

Turnings

While writing Generations, Strauss and Howe described a theorized pattern in the historical generations they examined, which they say revolved around generational events which they call turnings. In Generations, and in greater detail in The Fourth Turning, they describe a four-stage cycle of social or mood eras which they call "turnings". The turnings include: "The High", "The Awakening", "The Unraveling" and "The Crisis".[31]

 

High

According to Strauss and Howe, the First Turning is a High, which occurs after a Crisis. During The High, institutions are strong and individualism is weak. Society is confident about where it wants to go collectively, though those outside the majoritarian center often feel stifled by the conformity.[38]

According to the authors, the most recent First Turning in the US was the post–World War II American High, beginning in 1946 and ending with the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.[39]

 

Awakening

According to the theory, the Second Turning is an Awakening. This is an era when institutions are attacked in the name of personal and spiritual autonomy. Just when society is reaching its high tide of public progress, people suddenly tire of social discipline and want to recapture a sense of "self-awareness", "spirituality" and "personal authenticity". Young activists look back at the previous High as an era of cultural and spiritual poverty.[40]

Strauss & Howe say the US's most recent Awakening was the “Consciousness Revolution,” which spanned from the campus and inner-city revolts of the mid-1960s to the tax revolts of the early 1980s.[41]

 

Unraveling

According to Strauss and Howe, the Third Turning is an Unraveling. The mood of this era they say is in many ways the opposite of a High: Institutions are weak and distrusted, while individualism is strong and flourishing. The authors say Highs come after Crises, when society wants to coalesce and build and avoid the death and destruction of the previous crisis. Unravelings come after Awakenings, when society wants to atomize and enjoy.[42] They say the most recent Unraveling in the US began in the 1980s and includes the Long Boom and Culture War.[31]

 

Crisis

According to the authors, the Fourth Turning is a Crisis. This is an era of destruction, often involving war or revolution, in which institutional life is destroyed and rebuilt in response to a perceived threat to the nation's survival. After the crisis, civic authority revives, cultural expression redirects towards community purpose, and people begin to locate themselves as members of a larger group.[43]

The authors say the previous Fourth Turning in the US began with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and climaxed with the end of World War II. The G.I. Generation (which they call a Hero archetype, born 1901 to 1924) came of age during this era. They say their confidence, optimism, and collective outlook epitomized the mood of that era.[44] The authors assert the Millennial Generation (which they also describe as a Hero archetype, born 1982 to 2004) show many similar traits to those of the G.I. youth, which they describe as including: rising civic engagement, improving behavior, and collective confidence.[45]

 

The four archetypes

Prophet

Prophet (Idealist) generations enter childhood during a High, a time of rejuvenated community life and consensus around a new societal order. Prophets grow up as the increasingly indulged children of this post-Crisis era, come of age as self-absorbed young crusaders of an Awakening, focus on morals and principles in midlife, and emerge as elders guiding another Crisis.[59] Examples: Transcendental Generation, Missionary Generation, Baby Boomers.

 

Nomad

Nomad (Reactive) generations enter childhood during an Awakening, a time of social ideals and spiritual agendas, when young adults are passionately attacking the established institutional order. Nomads grow up as under-protected children during this Awakening, come of age as alienated, post-Awakening young adults, become pragmatic midlife leaders during a Crisis, and age into resilient post-Crisis elders.Examples: Gilded Generation, Lost Generation, Generation X

 

Hero

Young adults fighting in World War II were born in the early part of the 20th century, like PT109 commander LTJG John F. Kennedy (b. 1917). They are part of the G.I. Generation, which follows the Hero archetype.

Hero (Civic) generations enter childhood during an Unraveling, a time of individual pragmatism, self-reliance, and laissez-faire. Heroes grow up as increasingly protected post-Awakening children, come of age as team-oriented young optimists during a Crisis, emerge as energetic, overly-confident midlifers, and age into politically powerful elders attacked by another Awakening.[59] Examples: Republican Generation, G.I. Generation, Millennials

 

Artist

Artist (Adaptive) generations enter childhood during a Crisis, a time when great dangers cut down social and political complexity in favor of public consensus, aggressive institutions, and an ethic of personal sacrifice. Artists grow up overprotected by adults preoccupied with the Crisis, come of age as the socialized and conformist young adults of a post-Crisis world, break out as process-oriented midlife leaders during an Awakening, and age into thoughtful post-Awakening elders.[59] Examples: Progressive Generation, Silent Generation, Zoomer Generation