Comments on: Gen X asks: “So Why Don’t Boomers Retire Already?” http://geeksgeezersgooglization.com/gen-x-asks-so-why-dont-boomers-retire-already/ How to manage the convergence of the Tired, the Wired, and Technology Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:09:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ira Wolfe http://geeksgeezersgooglization.com/gen-x-asks-so-why-dont-boomers-retire-already/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Ira Wolfe Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:17:56 +0000 http://geeksgeezersgooglization.com/?p=97#comment-8 Thanks for this contribution. I do recognize Generation Jones in my book...probably not as extensively as your comment suggests, but I do agree there is a significant different between older and younger Boomers. I believe the same will also hold true for Millennials once they mature too. Thanks for this contribution. I do recognize Generation Jones in my book…probably not as extensively as your comment suggests, but I do agree there is a significant different between older and younger Boomers. I believe the same will also hold true for Millennials once they mature too.

]]> By: TFR500 http://geeksgeezersgooglization.com/gen-x-asks-so-why-dont-boomers-retire-already/comment-page-1/#comment-7 TFR500 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:07:00 +0000 http://geeksgeezersgooglization.com/?p=97#comment-7 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978

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