Over on X, Dylan Smith (@heaveninterface) notices the stark differences between kids born in the 90s and those born in the aughts.
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He's not wrong. Except about calling people born in 1996 "Zoomers".
Related: Lost Generations
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A model's worth is dependent on its predictive value.
As we've seen, demographic models that lump people born in 1996 in with those born in 2010 is neither predictive nor accurately descriptive.
The solution is obvious: Acknowledging that we're talking about two separatre generations, at least in the formative and behavioral senses.
If only someone had come up with a generational progression that accurately describes reality.
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A model that keeps proving its accuracy (h/t JD Cowan)
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Recognize the difference between "temporal generations" at 20 year intervals, and "cultural generations" at 10 year intervals past 1945, and a whole new world of understanding opens up to you.
As technology and culture changes faster and faster, generation gaps get wider and wider, therefore "cultural generations" need to be shorter and shorter.
I'd go as far as to stop counting modern periods as decades and replace it with quinquennials (shame the word is a handful). The 90s should be the first decade to be split into two.