tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25220098.post7783231776506466120..comments2023-10-02T09:09:12.963-07:00Comments on NonprofitEye: RADICAL CHIC & THE NEW CONFORMISM (BRACE YOURSELVES NONPROFITS!)P. Ashlundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08849994782572188510noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25220098.post-8970067055386944232007-12-03T09:52:00.000-08:002007-12-03T09:52:00.000-08:00Hi,Nice comparison of the two articles and thanks ...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Nice comparison of the two articles and thanks for the small credit, it was actually passed to me from a friend also.<BR/><BR/>One of the thoughts that intrigued me with the Keen article was the fact that with so many authors, the internet allows or even encourages us to only read things we agree with. With so much to look at and with RSS filters and such we could spend all of our time only looking at things we already know and agree with. While at the same time the opposite is true, with so many authors it is easy to find and read things that completely contradict each other to encourage thought and debate, BUT only if you allow that information through your firewall.<BR/><BR/>but anyway...1cent NPTechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002620629651749917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25220098.post-64945488004616163602007-12-02T03:54:00.000-08:002007-12-02T03:54:00.000-08:00I remember this great cartoon in Mad Magazine from...I remember this great cartoon in Mad Magazine from about 1964 that graphically illustrated the inevitable dialectic of generational identity. The gist of this was that Fred and Ginger were a black leather clad motor cycle riding couple who gave birth to Elvis and Gidget later seen in preppy splendor when they grew up. <BR/><BR/>This 'strange' new passive acceptance you describe matches perfectly the description of 1950's Cold War driven conformism my generation rebelled against during the epic 60's. <BR/>We were the true Baby Boomers born between 1945 and 1950 and were named after WWII cultural icons like Ingrid and the Duke.<BR/><BR/>Following on our heels was the Reagan 'Me' generation. Those aren't our kids (of course not, those were Little Elvis and Gidget grown up,) because we waited until we were ten years older than our mothers to start families.<BR/><BR/>My generation's little Simone and Jack and Angela, and Mario and Joan and Bruce<BR/>(named after deBeauvoir, Kerouac, Davis, Savio, Baez and Springsteen respectively) have gone to Law School and Business School. <BR/><BR/>Little Ginger and Fred's moms and dads (Scott and Zelda) were the conservative children of Jazz age flappers. Although I am certain all those 'new' leaders who will take our places might well be registered Republicans, I promise you the pendulum will swing back. There is only one absolute certainty in all of this and that is the fact each generation pushes against the one that preceded it. <BR/><BR/>It is helpful in moments like this when one is inclined to think the sky might be falling to remember just which cultural icon George W appears to most closely resemble.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushpic8.htmNonprofit Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091571125550822079noreply@blogger.com