As a proud baby boomer, I have often thought both about how my generation differs from that of my parents and grandparents, and how wildly different I see the world to how my children and grandchildren see it (can we guess which generation you belong to?). Here are some reflections I've had about the things that unite and separate the generations living together today:
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