Generation Jon Snow: Bastards from the past, Orphans of a future

The character from the popular tv series is a great example of someone that did not let his past define his future. Things are a bit more complicated when that same past is not really defined — and future even less so.

I am 25 years old, and I am very confused!

I was born in 1994, the last year to be included in the definition of Generation Y. From 1995 onwards, welcome Generation Z. Being born at the very end of 1994 makes things even more confusing.

My generation was born during a historical period of transition. The rise of globalization drastically disrupted the past. The old is slowly giving room to the new, which inevitably advances. Caught in this crossfire, we struggle to identify ourselves:

We are sons of a past that is not there anymore, yet we do not fully identify with the present, nor the upcoming future.

We kinda wish that things would have developed at a slower pace, as we would have loved to enjoy them more. Too bad, we are adults now and this is the world we are dealing with! The entangled combination of societal, political, and economic changes have detached us from the most famous dichotomies of the past: