Comments on: Recession and the psyche of a generation http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/recession-and-the-psyche-of-a-generation/ Exploring How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: News Round Up and Discussion: Young People and the Recession « Entry Level Living http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/recession-and-the-psyche-of-a-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-264517 News Round Up and Discussion: Young People and the Recession « Entry Level Living Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:42:31 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2941#comment-264517 [...] Minnesota Public Radio: Impact of Recession on the Young New York Times Op-Ed: Recession Even Worse for Young Workers Slate Magazine: How Twenty Somethings Are Coping with the Recession Wikinomics: Recession and the psyche of a generation [...] [...] Minnesota Public Radio: Impact of Recession on the Young New York Times Op-Ed: Recession Even Worse for Young Workers Slate Magazine: How Twenty Somethings Are Coping with the Recession Wikinomics: Recession and the psyche of a generation [...]

]]> By: Twowan http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/recession-and-the-psyche-of-a-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-261516 Twowan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:37:41 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2941#comment-261516 Any recession and, better yet, any depression, can have some valuable psychological teachings. It places our values in question. I was reading that the rate of divorces was suddenly dropping. Family, as a refuge, is once again an important topic. Do we learn better when it hurts? This period affects us all in the long term as these are times to remember (learn?) what is important. And it's not money! Any recession and, better yet, any depression, can have some valuable psychological teachings. It places our values in question. I was reading that the rate of divorces was suddenly dropping. Family, as a refuge, is once again an important topic. Do we learn better when it hurts? This period affects us all in the long term as these are times to remember (learn?) what is important. And it’s not money!

]]> By: Alex Marshall http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/recession-and-the-psyche-of-a-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-260852 Alex Marshall Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:45:32 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2941#comment-260852 Great post, Naumi. I've thought about this topic previously, but with a somewhat different spin. I'm concerned about the psyche of my generation (those born in the early- to late- 1980's), and how we've been effected by growing up in such a boom time. Take a Canadian born in 1987, for instance. He would probably have no memory of the early 90's recession, or the Cold War. He would have been raised in a wealth bubble - probably eating out frequently, getting all the latest technologies as they came out (bigger tvs, dvd players, cell phones, etc), raised with little/no risk of his parents being laid off, and no risk of widescale war (after the termination of a 40 year cold war). Growing up Canadian in the 1990's was pretty sweet - sort of an outlier in world history. How well positioned is this generation to adapt to a more realistic (less comforting) world, after spending their formative years in such a golden age? That's my concern. Great post, Naumi.
I’ve thought about this topic previously, but with a somewhat different spin. I’m concerned about the psyche of my generation (those born in the early- to late- 1980′s), and how we’ve been effected by growing up in such a boom time.
Take a Canadian born in 1987, for instance. He would probably have no memory of the early 90′s recession, or the Cold War. He would have been raised in a wealth bubble – probably eating out frequently, getting all the latest technologies as they came out (bigger tvs, dvd players, cell phones, etc), raised with little/no risk of his parents being laid off, and no risk of widescale war (after the termination of a 40 year cold war). Growing up Canadian in the 1990′s was pretty sweet – sort of an outlier in world history.

How well positioned is this generation to adapt to a more realistic (less comforting) world, after spending their formative years in such a golden age? That’s my concern.

]]> By: Tokhir Dadaev http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/recession-and-the-psyche-of-a-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-260376 Tokhir Dadaev Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:29:07 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2941#comment-260376 "Anya noted that young people: * Won’t expect to get rich quick. * Will “get real” about consumption. * Will buy on the cheap." In my opinion it all boils down to the way one is brought up. Above three points were hardwired into my brain by my rational, rather pessimistic father, which makes me keep my feet on the ground. Thanks to this crisis, spoiled young peope who keep their heads in the clouds realised the simple fact of life: you can't have everything! “Anya noted that young people:
* Won’t expect to get rich quick.
* Will “get real” about consumption.
* Will buy on the cheap.”

In my opinion it all boils down to the way one is brought up. Above three points were hardwired into my brain by my rational, rather pessimistic father, which makes me keep my feet on the ground.

Thanks to this crisis, spoiled young peope who keep their heads in the clouds realised the simple fact of life: you can’t have everything!

]]> By: Tel http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/recession-and-the-psyche-of-a-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-259968 Tel Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:22:33 +0000 http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=2941#comment-259968 “we’ve lost a generation of investors.” translation: "this lot won't be as gullible as the last lot" “we’ve lost a generation of investors.”

translation: “this lot won’t be as gullible as the last lot”

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