11-08-2018, 04:23 PM
(10-22-2018, 05:22 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Indisputably GI: 1904-1921How do we make this the official classification timeline?
GI/Silent cusp: 1922-1926
Indisputably Silent: 1927-1940
Silent/Boomer cusp: 1941-1945
Indisputably Boomer: 1946-1957
Boomer/X cusp: 1958-1964
Indisputably Gen X: 1965-1978
X/Millennial cusp: 1979-1983
Indisputably Millennial: 1984-1999
Millennial/Z cusp: 2000-2004
Indisputably Gen Z: 2005+
That would be my guess. This would be more in accord with Strauss and Howe and less with demographic definitions and the polling firms like Pew Research.
Of course "indisputable" would not be a correct term then, so it would be "core." I think of the cusps as a short period, not as long as a core period. Changes do not happen gradually in life or evolution.