Ordered. Thanks. I can't wait to see what college is like in 10 years. While it'd be nice if my kids received the benefits of a college system tamped down of its insanity, I'd also love to see the benefits of my peers not evaluating every waking decision in light of serving a mountain of student debt. It stings to hear that my generation will be the one taking the brunt of the damage caused by the college system orienting itself. And it's no respite to imagine some other, as-of-yet-unheard-of calamity befalling the generation next. But the mantra remains: to focus only on that which I can influence!
Hey, according to Strauss-Howe Generational Theory Y'all are "Heros."
Generational cycles? I appreciate any predictive theory, but when David Brooks is dissing you as too mumbo-jumboey, you're in trouble. Is this good stuff? I can't tell if you're linking me a "nudge nudge wink wink" or if this stuff ain't half bad. It does get me thinking. I'm always at a loss when I hear people complain about millennials. No generation was a cause unto itself. We had parents. That hovered and helicoptered and bought us Xboxes and smart phones. And that shit made us into tepid, anxious, socially retarded beings that need more medication and therapy to get through the day than any one 40 years ago thought possible.
1) David Brooks is an asshat. 2) Pop sociology is gonna be called bullshit by anyone and everyone even if it's largely correct. 3) Shit can be out'n'out wrong and still be influential if enough of the wrong people believe it. That said, I ordered Fourth Turning today. May read it once I've plowed through this thing.
This... is definitely true. If Fourth Turning does something for you, it would be interesting to hear what. I'm sympathetic to your "To Read" list. I order about five or six books per book I read.2) Pop sociology is gonna be called bullshit by anyone and everyone even if it's largely correct.