Generations The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future

One of the books that has most influenced my thinking over many, many years is called it's called Generations. And it's by these authors, Neil Howe and Bill Strauss.

And they they did a follow up which is actually slightly better, which is slightly better known, called the fourth, the fourth turning, the Generations came out in 1991. The fourth turning came out in 1997.

There's a book called Generations by Jean Twenge, the author who talks a lot about this and that's a huge problem going forward.

Gen Z is definitely gloomier than previous generations were at the same age.

Her latest book is Generations, the real differences between Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, boomers and silence and what they mean for America's future.

In fact, in my book Generations, I documented that I think for the first time in the U.S. data from the high school seniors that there's an increase in the number of young men who identify as conservative and then there's a slight decrease in the number of young women who say that they're liberal.

Gene Twenge, author of Generations The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silence and What They Mean for America's Future.

The title of that book is Generations, Colin, the real differences between Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, boomers and silence and what they mean for America's future.

So what is the root cause of these cultural changes and thus the root cause of generational differences? It should be something that keeps progressing year after year and something with a big impact on day to day life. The strongest candidate is technology.

Technology and its after effects on culture, behavior and attitudes have broken the old cycles of generations to form something novel.