JIGSAW GENS
Enlightening Rods — A Legacy of Curiosity & Innovation
The Enlightening Rods (“Portsteaders” or “Triennials”) put polymaths on the map while germinating American Revolution
As years pass us by, ageism is getting worse. Whether it’s older people, younger people, or middle-aged people being bashed, Americans often take for granted how generational tensions have been a mainstay since the beginning of time.
To underscore this reality, I’m encouraging social commentators to check out my “Jigsaw Gens” series. I premiered this anthology during the second half of 2023, breaking down how modern-day generations are defined within the United States.
Those eight generations of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries are…
Hemingrebels | GI-Gens | Traditionalists | Baby Boomers
GenXers | Millennials | Zoomers | Alphas
More recently, I’ve expanded that research to track the generations who existed throughout the Nineteenth Century — and prior to that. Those ten generations I’ve mapped out so far have been:
Missionaries | Stowegressives | Golden Renegades | Redeemers
