Millennials are now embracing our role of bridging the gap between the old and new worlds . We are the hero generation
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We actually remember when America was great, and know of its potential first hand. The zoomers just know the bad so they are incredibly nihilistic . And boomers got theirs already so they have no empathy and canāt relate to the youths pov.
Vance is a good example of a public millennial that represents this shift, but the majority of bitcoin signal is also millennial based now.
Great. Will slay you later.
You can always tell when someone lacks critical thinking skills when they unilaterally blame a group of people defined as āboomersā for a societies current circumstances. You can tell that they are just plain stupid when all of the answers apparently lie with a different group of people using arbitrary numbers linked to chronological age as defined by the Gregorian calendar. Cāmon people, itās NEVER one thing!
Thatās such a boomer answer
Okay boomer (muted)
Not a boomer my friend. Would love to talk more about your views though , I might learn something!
'If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.'
OK I will. He is referring to the work by William Strauss and Neil Howe, who wrote a book called the fourth turning, among others.
Hello, not sure what this is in response to as I canāt find the note you are responding to. Was it is response to something I wrote? Cheers.
I was responding to this bit of curiosity:
Ah! Ok thanks. For some reason your response didnāt show up in the conversation yet I got your reply. Not sure how to process your response though. Is it because I came across as not being aware of generational archetypes?
No, I was referring to your criticism of 'someone lacking critical thinking skills'. nostr:nprofile1qqszp5avl025yvj04lvlg0r6exzjx7hx2v232pf273kxg86s00mw0kqppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp08c4n2e put in the work of reading the fourth turning, and you really aren't going to get it unless you put in the work yourself.
My response was to inform you where his ideas are based in, for the curious mind.
Just to be clear, my original statement about generational labelling was aimed at the tendency of quite a few younger people to blame an entire older generation for the leadership theories practiced by just a few of that gen. It seems to be the flavour of the month on some platforms. It goes two ways though, meaning older folks can tend to be heard writing off younger generations because of the actions of just a few. I can see why some of the millennial and gen z readers of the 4th turning might want to adopt a āheroā label based on the theory. Strauss and Howeās ideas are about eras and should not be confused with the individuals that make up that era. There is a difference albeit subtle. My statement that critical thinking was lacking was to suggest that it should be obvious that if you can blame a whole generation for the legislation of a few, then it would follow that a whole generation would be tempted to take credit for the work of just a few (hence the suggestion of stupidity). While in general their thesis has identified that generations indeed are influenced by the era they are born in, it is my contention that there are no generational villains or heroes, just a few key players that know how to play the game. Thanks for your interaction š Cheers.
One book read by a thousand minds becomes a thousand unique books.
A succinct summary for the book, among others, could be:
Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.
So what is a strong man? I would say today that is an actual cypherpunk. Not someone who just identifies with one. Prior cycles had different definitions, and each person probably has their own definition of a strong man.
Who would you classify as a weak man in this phrasing? I assume anyone in that era that grew up in an abundance.
One cannot blame without claiming the victim. Regardless of who's fault it is, playing the victim is not a strong man.
Cheers
As the oldest of the meillenials, I'd rather the new world die. Let's go back to the old.
The hero generation has a pretty precise definition though. Itās the people directly participating in the bloodshed that brings the new world.
Depending on the timing, some millennials will be part of it, some wonāt. The question then is if the bloodshed is the American Civil War II in four years, or if WW III manages to start before that (and as a consequence prevents the Civil War).
We are the generation that experienced the final parts of the analog world and grew up natively in the digital world. Itās not only our destiny, itās our responsibility to bridge the gap.
Hell yeah we are. Iāve been listening to āthe fourth turning is hereā by Neil Howe its a great read