On 5/13/06, Sandwichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My hypothesis is that it takes about a "generation" for the new rules of the new game to become so thoroughly internalized that gaming the system comes as second nature. This is because people who grew up under the old rules persist in translating the new rules into old rule format. ... How long is a generation? It depends, but roughly it would be about 20-30 years. So let's say it takes somewhere between 20 and 30 years to completely overhaul the system and it takes another 20 or 30 years to subvert the new rules. <
Jerry Lembke had an article in SCIENCE & SOCIETY about 15 years ago in which he linked generations to long waves. He was talking specifically about working-class generations, but it could be generalized. One problem with the theory is that in-migragion (and out-migration) can mess up the meaning of "generations" for any given country. -- Jim Devine / "the world still seems stuck in greed-lock, ruled by fossilized fools fueled by fossil fuels." -- Swami Beyondananda
