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generalisation generation

shared by Sean McHugh on 17 Jul 19 - No Cached

It’s an idea that rational people should view with a generous measure of skepticism if only because each of these labels refers to something on the order of 80 million people.
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variations (in beliefs and behaviors) within each generational cluster are typically far greater than those between them.
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If you look at what their underlying needs and aspirations are, there’s no difference at all between this new generation of workers and my generation and my father’s generation
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All those kids glued to social media, for example? That’s not because of who the kids are; it’s because they’ve come of age when the technology is available. In fact, a recent survey found that older adults actually use social media more than younger adults do.
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Sometimes these bogus claims are due to a tendency to describe as generational shifts what are actually developmental differences:
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the authors whose research showed this to be true have also debunked conservative psychologist Jean Twenge’s sweeping claims about Millennials (which, in her telling, almost always reflect poorly on them). For example, assertions about their supposedly higher levels of narcissism, which are catnip to the media, rest on embarrassing methodological errors.
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we should be very cautious about offering any generalizations about an entire generation.
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