Baby Boomers get a lot of credit, good and bad, for things they didn’t invent. That’s because when they put their numbers and enthusiasm behind something, they make it important. So even if it wasn’t their idea, they get the credit or blame.
Much of what shaped Boomers as they grew up became important and influential not because they created it, but because they adopted what others had conceived. Maybe these things would have emerged anyway without the commitment of millions of Boomers, but there’s no way of knowing since they signed on in droves.
It’s not as if Boomers haven’t had their own ideas; it’s just that by and large they have been most captivated by the ideas of others. It’s no surprise, then, that when the ...
