(08-13-2019, 07:02 AM)Anthony Wrote: I have made a few changes since the days of http://www.babybusters.org, which will be undergoing major changes soon. While pretty much willing to conform to S&H's model up through the Lost, after that the pattern changes, and the generations become shorter:
Interbellum Generation: Born 1901-1910 (core grandparents of the Baby Busters)
World War II Generation: Born 1911-1926 (by the time the 1927 cohorts got out of basic training, WW2 was already over)
Silent Generation: Born 1927-1942 (core parents of the Baby Busters)
Baby Boomers: Born 1943-1957 (no memory of WW2)
Baby Busters: Born 1958-1968 (Birth rate declined 11 years in a row; rejected Boomer views on political and social issues; entire childhood shaped by Cold War)
Core Xers: Born 1969-1981
Millennials: Born 1982-1998
Activists: Born 1999-2019? (no memory of 9/11)
I'm a bit hesitant on including 1927 as Silents and 1999 as Gen Z because 1927 borns were old enough to go to WWII and 1999 borns already graduated high school before Parkland, likely the first event where Gen Z actually made an impact.
Probably not as important, but 1927 borns were the last to be at high school when Pearl Harbor happened and the last to be able to vote in the 1948 election. 1999 borns, on the other hand, were the last to be at school before Web 2.0 and also the last to graduate high school before the #MeToo movement and Generation Z actually gaining an identity separate from that of the Millennials with Fortnite, tide pods, and "Gen Z yellow".
I'm not really sure about the "remembering 9/11" rule because there could be this one guy born in 1999 who lived in NYC at the time who remembered it and another guy born in 1996 who lived in California at the time who didn't. I'm not saying that this will always be the case as it is very rare, but some people can start to form memories at age 2. (https://io9.gizmodo.com/new-evidence-tha...es-5870377)