Gen X – Are we the forgotten Generation?
One of my favorite parts is about what our generation was the last to do: “the last generation to produce and hold on to albums on vinyl, the last generation to read newspapers, the last generation to remember television dials that stopped at thirteen channels, the last generation to express any sort of resistance to corporate servitude, the last generation to produce old-fashioned movie starts (Julie Roberts and Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Angelina Jolie).”
I do wonder sometimes why we are the forgotten generation. Now it seems as though all of the marketing is focussed on the aging Boomers and their Gen-Y offspring. Those in their early 30s to mid 40s seem to be the silent consumers.
One of the things I love about Gen-X are the amazing movies that reflect our generation – who can forget Reality Bites, Lost in Translation, Dazed and Confused, Wedding Crashers, The Matrix, V for Vendetta? Our generation did not want to be lost in The Matrix – we wanted the blue pill (or was it the red one?). Either way, many of us silently moved away from the corporate model and became the entrepreneurs that have shaped the 21st Century.
The book itself is a bit hard to follow and I found myself skipping over parts that seemed repetitive. Overall, I would give this book a 2 out of 3.
My rating scale is simple:
1 – Don’t bother
2- Get it from the library
3- Buy your own copy
What do you think about Gen-X? Are we the forgotten generation?
