they created a mass surveillance state...

When Gen X wanted to "protect children" from the media they created a mass surveillance state...

I thought that was boomers too.

Boomers are retiring, and all Big Tech CEOS from the last 10 years are Gen X (a few Millennials too)

Big tech CEOs aren’t creating the surveillance state, they’re just profiting off the demand for it.

Also—politicians and cultural figures generally reflect the values of the groups they come from, but CEOs of all backgrounds just reflect the values of capitalism.

I'd say they are even lobbying for that, anyway, average congress member age in the USA is 57 and in the EU is 50. Those aren't boomers.

Generational Cohort Analysis has its purposes, but viewing everything through that lens is brainrot.

It's the Zodiac of our times. I would know, I'm a GenX and we're skeptical by nature.

Waaaaay to many people think shit is brand new because they still won't admit they spent decades with their heads in the sand.

At least they finally realized it was a problem, just depressing to see them imitate trump by acting like no one knew what they just learned.

Generational Cohort Analysis has its purposes

It was valuable when generations were defined around cultural or technological change.

What fucked it up was boomers deciding they needed to simplify it to every 15 years no matter what because that made marketing easier.

Now it's practically worthless and people have to invent "new" generations like Oregon Trail generation or TikTok generation. And if you want to do actual research you need to waste time explaining why you're disregarding the established but useless standards.

It's like RFK jrs upside down food pyramid, it doesn't mean nutritional science is worthless, it just means the official guidelines are.

Shower longer, this thought is half baked.