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Generations Archive
History’s Corkscrew
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsAre Mad Men's characters properly grounded in their time? Is social change akin to a corkscrew? And what's the deal with free will? How much do we have?
Morality of the Future
Posted on October 7, 2010 | 7 CommentsWhat are we all doing today that will be looked upon with disdain by our descendants? Kwame Appiah identifies some clues and identifies four practices, then I add three additional contenders.
Fear, Anger, and Hate
Posted on August 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsAmericans are stressed out, living in fear, and quick to hate. Whether it actually is or not, it sure *feels* like an unraveling.
A Changing American Sports-Culture?
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 1 CommentWhen it comes to sports, are we finally tiring of steroid enraged, hulking man-babies? I hope so.
Gen-X Midlife ‘Meh’
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 3 CommentsMore crap has been written about Generation X and the aging process. I jump into it with both feet. Oh goody.
Photographic Time Machine
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsSergey Larenkov has photoshopped the past into the present. The results are spectacular.
Hypocritical Gen-X Gamer Dad
Posted on July 30, 2010 | 2 CommentsIf you're a Gen-X gamer parent, then you probably won't let your own kids spend as much time playing games as you did.
Unprepared for Change
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No CommentsOur tendency is to freeze our perceptions in place. As a result, change happens and we're totally unprepared for it.
Civilization II
Posted on July 23, 2010 | No CommentsStarting with Civ II, I began to care about history. Formal education couldn't do it, but why did this game succeed where they failed? It was fun.
Boomer, Gen X, and Millennial Slapfight
Posted on July 14, 2010 | 3 CommentsWant to gripe about the generations before or after you? No need: A few authors have you covered this time.