The Least Interesting Generation

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Post by 1experience » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:25 AM UTC

The Least Interesting Generation
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Re: The Least Interesting Generation

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Post by lost_soul » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 12:57 AM UTC

Things are about to get a lot more "interesting". Climate change, the rise of fascism in the US and who knows what's next with Covid.

Re: The Least Interesting Generation

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Post by derbOac » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 1:12 AM UTC

I think this maybe reflects less on the generation than societal (their elders'?) expectations of human beings and separating a person from their resume.

Everything is a ladder now, boxes to be checked off on an HR form.

Re: The Least Interesting Generation

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Post by guspodillespie » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 1:52 AM UTC

The lead in to this article is pure survivorship bias.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 2:59 AM UTC

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Post by neetrain » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 5:04 AM UTC

I recalled the phrase of "if the world is perfect, it doesn't need art".

Re: The Least Interesting Generation

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Post by wave_function » Thu, Jan 06, 2022, 5:16 AM UTC

A bit of a counterpoint that got traction a few years ago on this site:

https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/im-broke-and-friendless-and-i...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18562082

The person optimized for "interestingness" and feels they have very little to show for it. I'd bet that was also the case for quite a few "interesting" people in the first half of the 20th century.

Maybe I'd have a richer life if I'd spent 2 years as an animal tamer or whatever, but society isn't set up to reward that. Was it ever?