Identity
The Generation That Remembers Before
What happens when you grow up in one world and spend your adulthood watching another arrive? Born in 1978, I've been thinking about what it means to be an accidental time traveller.
Born 1977–1983
You don't have to be a Xennial to belong here.
Some of us remember life before the internet. Some of us grew up with it. Some of us have never known a world without it.
Generation Xennial is interested in what happens when those perspectives meet.
Different generations. Different experiences. One rapidly changing world.
Remember before. Understand now. Stay and see what's next.
Born approx. 1977–1983
"Remember before. Understand now. Stay and see what's next."
You don't have to be a Xennial to belong here. Some of us remember life before the internet. Some of us grew up with it. Some of us have never known a world without it. Generation Xennial is interested in what happens when those perspectives meet.
Community
Perspectives, stories, and conversations from the generation that bridged two worlds.
Identity
What happens when you grow up in one world and spend your adulthood watching another arrive? Born in 1978, I've been thinking about what it means to be an accidental time traveller.
Editorial
Identity
We remember before. We lived through the transition. And then we became adults in the after.
7 min readGeneration Xennial isn't here to tell you the past was better. It's not a museum for cassette tapes. It's an invitation to look at where we've come from, where we're going, and what we might learn from each other along the way.