General Discussion

I've long felt that generations should be measured peak to trough and vice versa, rather than at the mid-points, something that become VERY much an issue from about 1971 on. The "trough" of the Boomers was actually 1936, and it's notable that most of the big rock legends, from Buddy Holly, Elvis, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, etc., were all born within a couple of years of 1936, while most of the tech luminaries - Gates, Jobs, Ellison, etc., were all born in or around the peak of the nominal Boomer generation in 1954-55. 1954-1972 is considerably more internally consistent, as is the next cohort (Gen Z Prime) from 73-91, and from 1992 to 2008, which would be the Millenials Prime. Technologically that also fits: Boomer Primes were born during the Radio Era, GenX Primes (Jones) were the TV Era, GenZ Prime were the PC Era, Millennials Prime were the Internet Era, and, Alphas Prime (after 2008-2025) are the mobile era. It's a little early but Beta Primes (will likely be the AI Generation), where Prime indicates a time shift of about 9 years back.

I've written extensively about this, most recently here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-we-get-generations-wrong-matters-kurt-cagle/