What do we know about the generation after millennials? | Jason Dorsey | TEDxHouston

A lot of what we believe about generations is wrong. The research Jason's team has been working on highlights the ways technology and culture are converging, and how the generational dynamics will be more influenced by technology than by time.

[NatalynSchlabach]

Although I was born in 2002, I really cannot identify with children who have known iPhones all their lives because I can still remember a landline and flip phones

[JosephWolfson]

He’s confused between Generation Z and Generation Alpha.

[oidaz]

Gen Z pet peeve: getting called a millennial.

[doroteoalvarez]

We're know for memes and wanting to die basically.

[Civilized-Joke]

This video is too focused on kids 2010+... Generation Z exists between 1995 to 2010. Me being born in 2001, I do not identify with millennials at all. I can remember a time when cell phones were just for calls and the internet largely resided on towering desktops and smaller lap tops. I was a sleeping baby on a sunny morning when 9/11 happened. I saw the after affects. I remember learning about disasters through Hurricane Katrina and the affect it had on people there. I saw my family worry about job security when the great recession hit. I remember being happy when the president said we took out Bin Laden. I remember the rise of ISIS. I remember Donald Trump's Election as president despite the media saying otherwise. These were all major events that affected my childhood and upbringing as a 21st century American. We are not I-gen. WE ARE HOMELANDERS.

[ajaxbird]

Why do we have to be called iGen. Why are we named after Apple products? Why not the Tech Gen, or something along those lines?

[rockycalvo]

I was born in 2002, and I'm assuming I'm part of iGen or Gen Z. For me, I've felt that technology (especially smartphones) has been able to evolve and grow up with people my age. The only non-smartphones I remember seeing were Motorola Razors and Blackberries. But once the iPhone became popular, it quickly went from being a toy to play with to being a useful tool for learning, communicating, and sharing ideas. I definitely remember a time before the current technology, but almost more like a childhood friend growing up than a piece of hardware. idk.

[hippojuice]

This guy had too much sugar that morning!

[macielynn]

I was born in 1999 but my parents were born in the early 1960s, so I grew up a bit differently than some of my friends. I think the generation your parents are greatly influences their kids by how they raise them.

[upmperthay]

I wish this guy would stay at least near to one of his volume

[jeremymiller]

So preferring living with your parents over living on the streets is refusing to face reality?

[calisweed]

Millennial here 85 .... can confirm I HATE being called a millennial.. I am generation Oregon trail.

[Kai-ujgo]

I like the way you break down what makes a generation a generation I totally agree and have been saying that. I'm currently 28 years old and a millennial and I have a sister who is 17 who has been told by an angry teacher that she needed to stop being a millennial and study harder. I never believed she was a millennial even though she was born in 2000. It's about what you experienced and can attach memories to that effect you more than a group of years.

[corymchugh]

he fails to state that another defining moment for generation z is the recession in 08. because of that, we tend to be more fiscally and morally conservative than previous generations.

[shaynadorsey]

#GenZ I just want ppl to give us a chance before they judge us. I always hear ppl say negative things about us. You don't know what we'll be in the future or what we'll accomplish.

[pavneetjohal]

If your daughter was born in 2011 she would be gen alpha not Gen Z(like me)

[Toybinging]

As a Generation X'er I'm so glad to see Generation Z rejecting the political correctness of the insane millennial generation.

I'm talking to you Gen Z; you keep sharing those dank memes, keep free speech, keep questioning the media, and everything else they are trying to shove down our throats.

[Efrain]

Im proud to be part of Generation Z or Generation Homeland and don't really long to be part of the previous generation like other 90s kids do. I was born in December of 1996 and I don't remember 9/11 at all. My real solid memories are from 2001 forward. I was too busy riding bikes and playing with friends. I do remember having VHS and then DVDs, a VideoNow and a Gamecube. I remember my dad getting our first computer back in '04 and him staying up all night on the internet lol.

[tippytippy]

I feel like the early 2000 people should be separated from those who don’t remember landlines and phones before screens.

[GenXer]

Great talk...but his LOUD "Millennial" voice is too much for my poor "GenX" ears!