Are Generations Even a Thing?
Josh and Chuck from Stuff You Should Know dive into the messy, often unscientific world of generational labels—from the Lost Generation to Gen Alpha—uncovering how marketing, media, and a few quirky sociologists invented the idea that everyone born within a 15- to 20-year window thinks
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