06-01-2021, 10:13 PM
(06-01-2021, 07:45 PM)RELFantastic Wrote: Soomers: April 12, 1945 (Truman inauguration) through March 12, 1947 (start of Cold War)
Baby Boomers: March 12, 1947 (start of Cold War) through October 16, 1962 (start of Cuban Missile Crisis)
Jones: October 16, 1962 (start of Cuban Missile Crisis) through March 5, 1965 (US sent first combat troops to Vietnam)
Generation X or the 13th Generation: March 5, 1965 (US sent first combat troops to Vietnam) through January 20, 1981 (Reagan inauguration)
Xennials: January 20, 1981 (Reagan inauguration) through August 23, 1984 (premiere of Morning in America)
Millennials: August 23, 1984 (premiere of Morning in America) through January 20, 2001 (Bush inauguration)
Zillennials: January 20, 2001 (Bush inauguration) through March 20, 2003 (start of the Iraq War)
Zoomers: March 20, 2003 (start of Iraq War) through December 1, 2019 (first COVID-19 case)
Zalphas: December 1, 2019 (first COVID-19 case) through September 11, 2021 (end of the Afghanistan War)
Not a bad idea, but it makes the saeculum go too fast. The authors said 84 years is the archetypal length, similar to the average length of a human life, and 21 years per generation. I don't see that things have speeded up; only tech gimmicks.