05-31-2021, 06:28 AM
(05-30-2021, 08:44 PM)X Marks the Spot Wrote:(05-29-2021, 09:46 AM)David Horn Wrote: People only see what they want to see, unless, like a car crash, the damage simply can't be ignored. S&H did a great job finding a historical thread, but let's agree it's subtle and open to discussion. Of course there will be naysayers and folks who just don't get it. Chill! It's all good.
If people see what they want to see, does that explain why so many Silents don't think Millennials are socially conservative, clean-cut Boy Scouts? I remember reading from either Strauss or Howe that Silents don't WANT to believe that Millennials are a scoutlike, G.I.-ish generation.
Part of that is the process of aging. After a certain age, people tend to differentiate less and less, because they see less reason to. So, to a Silent, there is a dividing line between Boomers and Xers, because they were still raising children when both generations were young. Millies are their grandchildren, and less present in their lives as a generation. As a retired Boomer, I'm already seeing that effect on my peers with the Gen-Z/Homelander generation. We T4Ters are unusual in seeing the pattern continue when it no longer effects us personally.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.