The usage of the phrase has evolved past carrying about the actual generation (kind of like how people still talk about "millennials" like they're college students).

Also, Hoffman very intentionally opened the door to talking about generational differences, this kind of feels like the commenter may have touched a nerve

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win311fwg 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> kind of like how people still talk about "millennials" like they're college students

Is that really an evolution? "Millennial" was coined to refer to the cohort that gradated from high school in the year 2000. Not all high school graduates become college students, of course, but if we are generalizing it isn't unreasonable to think of recent high school graduates as college students.

Now, there was nothing in the definition to declare if you must continue to recognize them for who they are going forward (i.e. 40-somethings now), or if you are to remember them in that moment as high school graduates, many of whom were college bound. So still thinking of "millennials" as being college students is a fair interpretation before evolution.

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andsoitis 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Ok boomer", as I understand it, basically means "I'm not going to engage seriously with that outdated perspective", often used to shut down a conversation rather than to continue it.

I don't know that what Reid is expressing is an outdated perspective, but that's of course subjective.

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jcgrillo 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> You guys have the opportunity to be generation AI—where you come into the workforce saying, ‘I know this a lot better than all of you'

Yeah, it was expressly my intent to shut this kind of nonsense down. This is just a different version of "get on board right now or you'll all be left behind". Enough with the lying.

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andsoitis 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This version is more effective in expressing your sentiment, FWIW.

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SpicyLemonZest 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think it's a different version of that at all? Presumably what he has in mind is the Internet transition. Nobody got "left behind" from the Internet, even cranky 80 year olds are often pretty familiar these days, but people like Reid Hoffman achieved "fulfilling lives and jobs" by recognizing early that it was going to be a big deal.

	▲	jcgrillo an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Nobody got "left behind" from the Internet, even cranky 80 year olds... This is actually false. There are plenty of 80+ year olds in care facilities and living alone that are disadvantaged by the implicit assumption that everyone has a smartphone or an email address. Unable to communicate with their bank, insurance company, care providers, etc. All down to your "inclusive progress". Call it what it is: an extractive, inhumane power grab meant to monopolize everyone's attention. And that was tech's Big Success Story. Everything since has been trying to re-live those glory days.

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jimbokun 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The usage of the phrase has evolved into a thought terminating cliche.