tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post6216023405850824422..comments2024-03-23T02:03:24.179-05:00Comments on Fallon Planning: Culture: Generation UnmotivatedAKI SYSTEMS 2600http://www.blogger.com/profile/16411937975418594170noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-28353297041248047792007-02-21T13:28:00.000-06:002007-02-21T13:28:00.000-06:00"I call it entitlement generation."all the Gen Y r...<EM>"I call it entitlement generation."</EM><BR/><BR/>all the Gen Y research i've been doing suggests this generation is motivated by two things: becoming "successful" and humanitarian work. i'm not making this up. 18-24 see the boomers sustain themselves as the generation with the most money and power of any the world has ever seen. of course they think they're entitled. they've had no other examples than the boomers who, as a hovering and controlling generation, tell them what to do and who to become. maybe this iGen is not totally to blame. maybe they watch their mothers in their "fuck you forties" (MORE magazine term) and think that's how to live.<BR/><BR/>there are so many examples right now of kids in this group starting movements: Invisible Children, Obangatek, Elias Fund to name a few. the kids are rallying for Dispatch, who sold out three nights at Madison Square Garden in thirty minutes despite having been broken up for four years. all proceeds are going to Zimababwean nonprofits.<BR/><BR/>the biggest mistake you can make is to call Gen Y lazy and ADD afflicted. they have every potential to be great, every desire to be great, and they suffer from ten times the amount of ads you did as a kid. you'd stop paying attention to mass media too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006620313708250460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-4104998844879778412007-02-20T14:21:00.000-06:002007-02-20T14:21:00.000-06:00you should see what this is doing in countries bar...you should see what this is doing in countries barely up from behind the iron curtain :-). MTV is an icon so youngsters here assume it is the locus of trendy and cool so they simply ingest everything it provides and internalize it as THE thing to be doing. <BR/>Now we have Valentine's Day, pimp my ride rituals. soon it will pobably be "i want a famous face" and i am sure that sweet 16 is already on the map. And we didn't even use to celebrate 16 because culturally it makes no sense here: you are of age, driving, drinking and all that at 18 and you get your official ID at 14. but what's annoying is that "traditions" are assimilated based less on a reason (rationale) and more on PR. Pretty much like electing a president because his band was loudest :-)Bogdana Butnarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096720247480363854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-76558213262720415222007-02-15T22:16:00.000-06:002007-02-15T22:16:00.000-06:00I think another issue that wasn't mentioned was th...I think another issue that wasn't mentioned was the "fame junkie" culture with Generation We (Y, Millenials, etc.).<BR/><BR/>They don't know how to work hard, expect rewards/accolades for mediocrity, suffer ADD, live a more isolated (yet 'connected' world) and are bombarded with our celebrity culture...<BR/><BR/>Check out this segment on 20/20:<BR/><BR/>http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2773204&page=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-74603853294237406632007-02-15T11:37:00.000-06:002007-02-15T11:37:00.000-06:00I call it entitlement generation. They all think t...I call it entitlement generation. They all think they should just "get stuff". Like people who work from 9-5 and then expect a raise/promotion/new job. Instead working extra hours, learning a new skill, taking extra training; they think they should get it. See it all the time in the younger generations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-58086811879937591692007-02-15T10:19:00.000-06:002007-02-15T10:19:00.000-06:00It is often the case that one sees what one is try...It is often the case that one sees what one is trying to find. It's all a matter of perspective.<BR/><BR/>Your summation of the American Dream.... " (it) revolves around the idea of being a do-it-yourself, hard working, striving individual, who fights to achieve success and prosperity for themselves" is an apt one.<BR/><BR/>However I would put it to you that there is plenty of programming out there that upholds these qualities directly. Take I LOVE NEW YORK on VH1. A collection of men compete for the affection of a sultry woman (and one presumes more than that..) by engaging in just the qualilties you associate with the American Dream. Surviver is another. Project Runway, The Apprentice. In fact, much of the reality TV genre could be seen to support the American Dream as you describe it.<BR/><BR/>Don't get be wrong, I LOVE NEW YORK is in my view terrible, terrible entertainment, despite upholding the virtues of this country that made it great. But for once it's nice to see men chase after women in a desperate way, rather than the other way around.<BR/><BR/>G to the G to the Dgugodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317658249448584775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-91022335683594304582007-02-15T09:50:00.000-06:002007-02-15T09:50:00.000-06:00i thought the normative reason to study, was not t...i thought the normative reason to study, was not to get a wellpaid job you didnt want, but rather to develop as a human being.. and then choose what to work with. <BR/><BR/>the goal of studying is only removed if the goal equals the wellpaid job, if the goal instead would be communicated as self-growth, the 'benefit' of studying would be quite different.. <BR/><BR/>perhaps a too serious comment on a serious subject.Daniel / EDMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10262914700722529358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20733865.post-2859987539724973552007-02-14T17:05:00.000-06:002007-02-14T17:05:00.000-06:00Yep, it's official, you're gettin' old, dude.I lik...Yep, it's official, you're gettin' old, dude.<BR/><BR/>I like the episodes where they make people dance or compete for the invitations to their party. Classic.<BR/><BR/>We should have a My Super Sweet 16 Tivo Marathon party.<BR/><BR/>http://fallontrendpoint.blogspot.com/2006/08/guilty-pleasure-my-super-sweet-16.htmlAKI SYSTEMS 2600https://www.blogger.com/profile/16411937975418594170noreply@blogger.com