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What Happened to Decades? (www.youtube.com)
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Seriously, what happened to the idea of decades? We’re already halfway through the "20s," yet for the past twenty years, the cultural conversation has been dominated by "generations" instead. Here’s why that shift isn’t doing anyone any favors.

Adam Conover talks about time, culture, and linguistics. I'm not sure about the accuracy of some of the things he talks about, and he admits that he's largely speculating on some topics. I felt it was something interesting to think about.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Interesting watch. I'm not completed sold on his argumentation, but it's interesting to think about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

Yeah, I'm not convinced that 90 year olds in the 70s were wearing the cliché 70s clothes, so at some point styles become more generational and less associated with the current decade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've heard a lot of convincing arguments against the "we speak differently, therefore we think differently" theory (I'm sure there's an actual name for that) when talking about language barriers, and Adam comes pretty close to making that argument in this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

Linguistic relativity or Sapir–Whorf hypothesis.