Will Generation Y Be In Deep Trouble? - Globalization
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With some notable exceptions, the Baby Boomer generation is painfully slow to adopt the globalization of information technology in such a capacity that younger generations have; sometimes to the point of willful ignorance. Their timid nature results in often refusing to be a part of these new trends, and often stopping their adoption on wide levels for no reason other than not understanding how they work.
That said, those who have been empowered by such technologies need to be exponentially more vocal in driving down the capital and overhead of our expensive lifestyle by making use of these cost effective technologies and they must do so by(A) leveraging the benefits of a globalized workforce that doesn't place such a heavy dependence on third-party workers (in much the same way the US has depended on foreign energy to the point of hyper-polarization and excessive political baggage) and (B) strategically implementing infrastructures that would allow for a symbiotic relationship that develops social capital in these areas with cost effective solutions; thereby empowering these smaller nations, while inspiring and creating incentive for keeping the machine back at home well oiled.
Note also that culturally the classic Baby Boomers (e.g. the Clintons and G. W. Bush) are different from those who were born at the end of the demographic Baby Boom, who are labeled as being part of Generation Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Jones; e.g. Obama and myself :-). I think we might be a bit more accommodating of new technology and all that it brings.