This blog is a continuation of the blog first appearing in the late 1990's,  published by myself and the late Professor Lawrence Jorgenson of Los Angeles Valley College. The blog is dedicated to Professor Jorgensen.   The Real Factor that Shapes the World   The beginning of this story starts with the book Generations by William Strauss and Neil Howe. The particular generations we are concerned with began as follows;                                                Name of Generation      Years of Birth        Age Now                                                 Lost                                   1883-1900           deceased                                                  G.I                                    1901-1924           almost  all deceased                                                  Silent                               1925-1942            79-96                                                  Boomers                          1943-1960            61-78       

    As another demographic configuration came into being, as the Lost generation fell away, and the Silents merged into a partnership with the G.I s. as mature adults, and the Boomers moved into young adulthood,  a new generational order was formed. Still later the G.I.s began to fade away and the Boomers and the Silents formed a new generational partnership, in the late 1980s, that replaced the  old G.I.s - Silent configuration. The world is now at the point were the Xers are being called upon to replace the Boomers, as mature adults, in what will be an epochal generational change.      This change, as the Xers emerge as mature adults, confronts the country with its most difficult challenge since the Civil War. This new demographic configuration represents     a startlingly new pattern. By the next election in 2024 half the Boomers will be over seventy and the nation will confront the very real prospect of a full blown gerontocracy. The great question now is will the Xers be able to p