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I'm pretty damn sure I'm not but this got me curious though
The term Oregon Trail Generation was used by Anna Garvey in her article The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before And After Mainstream Tech, published in Social Media Week.[1] Other terms, such as Generation Catalano,[2] Xennials,[3] and The Lucky Ones,[4] were already coined and are referenced in her article. Due to Garvey's article receiving broader coverage, including republications in Huffington Post and PopSugar, Oregon Trail Generation is the term most often used[citation needed] when referencing this generation. The name is a reference to the Oregon Trail game that members of this generation became familiar with as children learning new technology.
Characteristics and traits
Members of this generation share traits with both Generation X and Millennials.[5] They have a relationship with both analog and digital technology. While they may have listened to records and used a typewriter as children, Cassie McClure writing for Las Cruces Sun-News says they were the first group of students to have access to personal computers and the Internet.[6]
As they began to enter the workforce, their choices were impacted by the events of September 11 and the Iraq war.[7] Nathan Heller writing for The New Yorker described older Millennials as follows: "People coming of age in that era of inevitable evils tend to be conservative in their life-style ideals...having reached adulthood on unstable ground, they’re opportunistic entrepreneurs, restless climbers, and deferential compromisers"[8]
Many who identify with this generation do so because they don't feel that the typical definitions of Generation X and Millennial are the correct fit for their place in the world.[2][9][10]
The term Oregon Trail Generation was used by Anna Garvey in her article The Oregon Trail Generation: Life Before And After Mainstream Tech, published in Social Media Week.[1] Other terms, such as Generation Catalano,[2] Xennials,[3] and The Lucky Ones,[4] were already coined and are referenced in her article. Due to Garvey's article receiving broader coverage, including republications in Huffington Post and PopSugar, Oregon Trail Generation is the term most often used[citation needed] when referencing this generation. The name is a reference to the Oregon Trail game that members of this generation became familiar with as children learning new technology.
Characteristics and traits
Members of this generation share traits with both Generation X and Millennials.[5] They have a relationship with both analog and digital technology. While they may have listened to records and used a typewriter as children, Cassie McClure writing for Las Cruces Sun-News says they were the first group of students to have access to personal computers and the Internet.[6]
As they began to enter the workforce, their choices were impacted by the events of September 11 and the Iraq war.[7] Nathan Heller writing for The New Yorker described older Millennials as follows: "People coming of age in that era of inevitable evils tend to be conservative in their life-style ideals...having reached adulthood on unstable ground, they’re opportunistic entrepreneurs, restless climbers, and deferential compromisers"[8]
Many who identify with this generation do so because they don't feel that the typical definitions of Generation X and Millennial are the correct fit for their place in the world.[2][9][10]
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