Summary of Millennials Don't Exist! Adam Conover at Deep Shift

00:00:00 - 00:10:00

The video discusses how the idea of generations is nothing new, and how the term "millennials" was coined and has become popular. It cites Douglas Coupland's book "Generation X", which popularized the idea of a new generation of people who grew up during the 1990s. The presenters note that there are many different names for this generation, and that those who invent them often make money. In the video, Adam Conover argues that thinking about generations in a reductive and condescending way is historically reductive and has always been done to the people being described.

• 00:00:00 Adam Conover from TruTV's 'Adam Ruins Everything' speaks at an event about how generations don't exist, and how Millennials are an invention of the media. He provides evidence from a chart of the classic Millennial breakdown to support his claim.
• 00:05:00 The video provides an overview of how generations are defined, and how the term "millennials" was coined and has become popular. It cites Douglas Coupland's book "Generation X", which popularized the idea of a new generation of people who grew up during the 1990s. The presenters note that there are many different names for this generation, and that those who invent them often make money.
• 00:10:00 In the video, Adam Conover argues that thinking about generations in a reductive and condescending way is historically reductive and has always been done to the people being described. He cites the ancient Greek economist Hesiod as the first person to do this.