Talking About GenZers
2012-02-07 - by
I’m one of the GenGeezers attending this year’s Emerging Issues Forum about GenZers – those born 1990-on.
They’re facing a changing and challenging economy. Their jobs will last an average of four years. They have an average college debt of $20,000. One-third of them are obese or overweight. They send an average of 3,000-plus texts a month.
Governor Hunt, the EIF chair, and NCSU Chancellor Randy Woodson both said it’s important to get them off their “devices” and engaged civically. I beg to differ: their devices are precisely how they can be engaged. See: Stop Internet Piracy and Susan Komen Foundation.
Despite the age gap, I feel oddly comfortable with GenZ. One speaker, Robert Safian, editor of Fast Company, explained it: It’s not age, it’s attitude. He talked about “Generation Flux” – people who are comfortable in chaos.
I came up in newspapers and politics. Chaos is my middle name. Onward, Fluxers!
Talking About GenZers
2012-02-07/
I’m one of the GenGeezers attending this year’s Emerging Issues Forum about GenZers – those born 1990-on.
They’re facing a changing and challenging economy. Their jobs will last an average of four years. They have an average college debt of $20,000. One-third of them are obese or overweight. They send an average of 3,000-plus texts a month.
Governor Hunt, the EIF chair, and NCSU Chancellor Randy Woodson both said it’s important to get them off their “devices” and engaged civically. I beg to differ: their devices are precisely how they can be engaged. See: Stop Internet Piracy and Susan Komen Foundation.
Despite the age gap, I feel oddly comfortable with GenZ. One speaker, Robert Safian, editor of Fast Company, explained it: It’s not age, it’s attitude. He talked about “Generation Flux” – people who are comfortable in chaos.
I came up in newspapers and politics. Chaos is my middle name. Onward, Fluxers!