Slackonomics: Generation X in the Age of Creative DestructionGeneration X grew up in the 1980s, when Alex P. Keaton was going to be a millionaire by the time he was thirty, greed was good, and social activism was deader than disco. Then globalization and the technological revolution came along, changing everything for a generation faced with bridging the analog and digital worlds. Living in a time of “creative destruction” – when an old economic order is upended by a new one – has deeply affected everyday life for this generation; from how they work, where they live, how they play, when they marry and have children to their attitudes about love, humor, happiness, and personal fulfillment. Through a sharp and entertaining mix of pop and alt-culture, personal narrative, and economic analysis, author Lisa Chamberlain shows how Generation X has survived and even thrived in the era of creative destruction, but will now be faced with solving economic and environmental problems on a global scale. |
Contents
Bridging the Analog and Digital Generations 1
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1 My Futures So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades 9 | 9 |
2 The Outliers 21 | 21 |
3 Cunt 33 | 33 |
4 Im a Loser Baby So Why Dont You Pay Me 43 | 43 |
5 WhatGoesUpcom 55 | 55 |
6 Funny Weird or Funny HaHa? Hey Why Limit Yourself 65 | 65 |
7 Gonna Get Me Some Happy 81 | 81 |
Is It Real or Is It Memorex? 107 | 107 |
10 The Breeders 131 | 131 |
A Tangent Universe 145 | 145 |
12 Its the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine 161
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13 Convergence 171 | 171 |
N O T E S 189 | 189 |
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