Boomers were known as greed, fascists, selfish, scrooge generation like Madoff, Worldcom, enron, lehman brothers, etc.

As far as generation z'ers age right now, I was under the impression that they were starting to be born in the mid 90's from the definition on wikipedia (wikipedia isn't always correct). So that would make the oldest gen. z'er around 15 according to that information.

You might be onto something there. This is all food for thought. Maybe I can learn something. But yes, nobody can predict what exactly will happen in the future for sure pertaining to these kinds of things.

Its clear you haven't studied history. Religion and secular forces cycle throughout history and generations. Same with politics and global warming.

A lot will depend on the economy of the next 10 or so years. Things like inflation vs. deflation. Those will shape a lot impressions. If deflation continues to happen and tank the economy Green "movement" will die and quickly classical conservation ala. the Greatest Generation will become the norm.

I recall Global Cooling was all the rage in the 70s. Now that the Earth is cooling and not warming as well as several key "researchers" have been nailed for falsifying data, I wouldn't bank on and increasing Green movement.

Point is things happen in cycles and some generations react to their parents ala. X and some are virtual clones of their parents Yers that are children of boomers. Are their exceptions? Of course many.

BTW Zers are approx 8 and under. So its a total crapshoot at this point.

There are many things that neither of us have possibly predicted. Who would have thought the Conservatives would be the largest ideological group (Gallup Poll) less than a year after Democrats swept into power.

Sounds to me like you can't see what you want vs. what is likely to happen.

No, I'm not smokingp pot… which will probably be legalized by the time gen. z have children.

This is a time for international entrepreneurs to conquer, especially since the advent of the internet. This requires big visions, lots of information, the ability to adapt to constant change, and maybe chance. Cultural barriers are being melted as our youth are quickly being taught to think more globally, and I believe our government and lives will be permanently impacted by this radical shift. Our kids are questioning "accepted" rules and morals more and more because the internet provides many alternative viewpoints to everything that are far less restrictive to a culture, religion, or government. I expect to see, for the first time, international businesses threaten the sovereignty of once independent countries with their own culture as people veer towards products that have a "have-to-have-it" factor to them that many cultures and peoples love across the board.

Perhaps I should say that America will and is becoming more "world" minded, than European. Europe is only a bit of the change going on. America, because it is far more connected with other countries through things like the internet, will naturally be more influenced by them. Things that were once accepted are being melted away for a global point of view, and unlike some of us, our kids are probably enjoying the ride. Kids are being brought up in an environment and are more likely to be able to adapt to change (and be quicker and better at it) rather than to settle into something that is accepted. That can be good and bad.

However, you’re correct in asking that we respect psychoactive drugs for treatment of true disorders. In an ideal world, that would happen. In the real world, getting Addie is too easy and using it is too widely accepted to try and make kids study without it.

@Matt Secor Penelope definitely acknowledged that Addie doesn’t work for everyone.

@William Basically you paint a frightening view of the future. As a Gen Yer, I’ve babysat Gen Z. Some of the things you say are true: they shift towards using the Internet to buy everything, they like having digital as opposed to physical copies of things like books and music, and they will riot if the Internet goes down.

I disagree with some of the other things you said, though. When will rudeness become the norm? I hope that it won’t in my lifetime! Mom and pop stores won’t have to go to business if they set up a streamlined system to get revenue off the Internet. I don’t see why toy sales will go down dramatically, because they, like many other generations, still see toys as status symbols. The girl with the newest, shiniest Barbie is still the coolest in preschool. (At some point, Barbie may have to plug into a computer, but we still haven’t hit that stage yet.) And what Gen Yers have learned about the pretty computerized toys that promised to make them smarter was that they don’t. They’re boring to play with, basically. They will probably evolve, but not enough to make them the only toys of the future. I won’t comment on your strange comment on porn, but I don’t see why America will become more like Europe than Europe itself.

If the internet goes down even for a short period of time, there will be great riots.