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The Important Reason We Label Generations & The Strange Stories of Medical Breakthroughs

Something You Should Know

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The Value of Generational Labels

generational labels are just really useful shorthand. Just like we talk about teenagers or we talk about 20-somethings with age groups, it's convenient to be able to talk about people born around the same time and how being born around that time has shaped their lives. There is a natural human tendency to group people. This is just kind of how human brains work. So I think it is actually a natural thing as well as being extremely useful for research and trying to understand generational differences.

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