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Worth noting that distinct cohort groupings are smoothing out, esp. as baby boom shock fades; total peak-trough variance now only ~10%
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more importantly, GSS responses diverge at a constant rate, indicating no gen distinction allendowney.blogspot.com/2016/05/do-gen
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How the world talks about you is a huge factor in shaping identity. As are big macro events at critical times.
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I think that there's still important notion of gen, it should just not be *fixed*
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for instance, "millenials" groups ppl who were just born and 21 when 9/11 happened: very big difference
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Yes but big events are impulse functions that have impact over longer periods. 9-11 was really 2001-08 or so.
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Yes but that (along with mixing / volatility) is sociological, not demographic - it's real, but not purely generational
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