Comments on: Fab 4’s New Releases Rock http://www.topretirements.com/blog/baby-boomer-issues/fab-4-rocks-world-with-new-releases.html/ Retirement Communities: How to Find Yours Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: TGR500 http://www.topretirements.com/blog/baby-boomer-issues/fab-4-rocks-world-with-new-releases.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4803 TGR500 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:30:21 +0000 http://www.topretirements.com/blog/?p=515#comment-4803 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). GenJones is especially important in discussions of the coming revolution re. aging and retirement. And relevantly, little Joneser kids were particularly influenced by the Beatles in a very formative way since they were the real children of the Sixties. Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press' annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here's a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way: DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964 Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953 Generation Jones: 1954-1965 Generation X: 1966-1978 Interesting blog, but it’s missing an important part of the equation: Generation Jones (born 1954-1965, between the Boomers and Generation X). GenJones is especially important in discussions of the coming revolution re. aging and retirement. And relevantly, little Joneser kids were particularly influenced by the Beatles in a very formative way since they were the real children of the Sixties.

Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten a ton of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report forecast the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. Here’s a page with a good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html

It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:

DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978

]]> By: Constant Gina http://www.topretirements.com/blog/baby-boomer-issues/fab-4-rocks-world-with-new-releases.html/comment-page-1/#comment-4801 Constant Gina Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:30:38 +0000 http://www.topretirements.com/blog/?p=515#comment-4801 definitely looking forward to this....Beatles Rock Band..nice!! definitely looking forward to this….Beatles Rock Band..nice!!

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