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Its so crazy to think that there are generations named for their historic "experience".
Millennials experienced the turn of the century.
OK? Cool? Number 1>2 is apparently a defining quality?
I suppose it's a self-fulfilling prophecy, because evidently, we do care about 1>2.
We could have been Generation Y2K!
Y2K panic was a real phenomenon, and it starts with Y.
Missed opportunity...
Anyway, I salute Generation AI
Most of these names are equally vague. The year starting with 1 or 2 was pretty notable for changes in technology. For western countries, very particularly the US, pre/post 2001/09/11 is a very significant divide for public settings, regulated travel, and politics.
Gen X's name refers to the frequent use of "X" in pop culture and was coined in a book. The Boomer's experience is being born together in a large cohort. Gen Z means they came after Y, the initial name for millenials, trailing X. Alpha just restarts the alphabet, but in Greek. They're all vague.
That's good for alpha!