So the Gen Y thing took on a whole new life over on Jeff’s blog. I think it’s just to the point where there’s nothing left to add. Both sides have stated their case.
Carrie put sort of an afterthought on her blog and I generally liked it (and agree). I too find this sort of thing of great interest (if I could go back in time knowing what I know now, it’d make for an interesting field of study – I tend to be interested in what makes people the way they are because I believe you have to know where you’re coming from to understand where you’re headed).
In fact that’s where my little Gen Y rants come from – my interest of such things. Even though I generally don’t do the Wikipedia thing much, I just love this page. Just reading through it gets my mind racing. I want to dig in and find out more. I want to quantify, classify and put everything (everyone?) in their neat little place on the shelf. It’s the key to the big picture as far as I’m concerned. All the answers I need are in there somewhere.
I’m not even sure what that means. I think it’s a fascinating subject and one that could be most useful. I guess Carie said it better:
The act of studying behavior for trends is nothing more than studying a road map. It is fair to say that many, if not most, will travel a certain path given when they enter and exit the highway. It doesn’t mean they have to or definitely will. But understanding the likelihood gives you a much better idea of how to manage the traffic and guide folks along the way.
But yeah, these fucking kids expect the world.