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Le Club de Mediapart

Bruit blanc

Le nouveau #Mouais (mars-avril 2025) est paru, avec un dossier consacré aux questions inter-générationnelle. Retrouvez l’édito de Lou Is On, adolescente d’aujourd’hui portant un regard vif et lucide sur notre époque: «Alors oui, dans ce monde où désormais tout va trop vite, peut-être avons-nous plus de mal à nous mélanger, nous, les différentes #générations ».

✏️ Par Mouais, le journal dubitatif | En accès libre › blogs.mediapart.fr/mouais-le-j

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Futurist Jim Carroll

*Youthanize now!”* – Futurist Jim Carroll

In Season 4, Episode 17 of the show The Office, the inept manager Michael spends a moment to explain why he wants to recruit young interns for the office - and says he wants to euthanize things (which means ending a person's life by a serum to end suffering from an incurable disease.). Since then, some have suggested that he was coining a new phrase, "Youthanize".

Let's run with it!

The world's in a bit of a mess. Some folks are hanging around too long. Have you noticed how the political leadership in the US seems to be getting, well... a bit long in the tooth? Some wonder if RBG and Joe had retired when they should have, things might have been different.

Let's look at the Senate, where the average age is pushing 65, but many are in their 80s and 90s! We've got the so-called Silent Generation and Baby Boomers dominating the scene, while Millennials—who represent a huge chunk of the population—barely have a seat at the table. And the fact is, this isn't just about numbers on a birth certificate; it's about who's making decisions about the future. So far, it's not going well, because these old folks don't seem to know how to battle back in this new era of fast-moving, social media-driven events. We're not at a Chuck-e-Cheese restaurant anymore.

Don't slam me for ageism - that's not my intent. Many of us will live longer, with minds as sharp as yesterday - but with wisdom, we should also know when to get out of the way.

I've spent my career watching how organizations evolve and adapt, and I can tell you this: for today's younger generations, constant change is like oxygen. They've grown up with technology transforming around them daily. They don't fear innovation—they expect it! Meanwhile, we're seeing concerning signs in the political leadership, from public "freezing episodes" to declining cognitive health, with a Pentagon study even flagging dementia among aging officials as a national security concern. (Um, ponder that for a moment. Like, ponder it. Are they trying to tell us something?)

Here's what fascinates me: industries that welcome young people as idea generators tend to have massive agility and a high "change quotient." But the current political system seems designed to keep them out! Between gerrymandering, polarization, and the incredible advantages of incumbency, we've created a system where someone who is 74 years old and battling terminal cancer—can still be chosen for leadership because, in his words, "I've never had my chance." Meanwhile, a younger person who has the fire-breathing dragon anger needed in these complex times - is shut out of that opportunity because she's 'too young'.

Does this sound like an organization positioned for future success? NOT!

#Youth #Innovation #Leadership #Change #Generations #Future #Adaptation #Perspective #Renewal #Progress

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/03/decodin

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CEPREMAP

Cette étude met en évidence un nouveau clivage idéologique au sein des jeunes générations. Tandis que les jeunes femmes adoptent des positions plus progressistes, notamment sur l’immigration, les minorités et l’égalité des sexes, les jeunes hommes s’orientent davantage vers des idées conservatrices.
L’écart grandissant entre jeunes femmes et jeunes hommes en matière de satisfaction de vie et de confiance envers autrui éclaire les raisons profondes de ce fossé grandissant. Tandis que la satisfaction des jeunes femmes diminue, portée par une prise de conscience accrue des discriminations et inégalités depuis #MeToo, la méfiance interpersonnelle s’intensifie chez les jeunes hommes, ce qui favorise leur basculement vers des valeurs plus conservatrices.
Ce clivage générationnel et genré pose un enjeu politique et social majeur : comment reconstruire un dialogue dans une jeunesse dont les trajectoires idéologiques et les votes semblent de plus en plus opposés ?

https://www.cepremap.fr/2025/03/un-fosse-ideologique-grandissant-entre-jeunes-femmes-et-jeunes-hommes-en-france/

#generations#polarisation#politique
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Inside the Red Head's Head

Big Red Haired Ball of Stress

Woah, boy… today… am I right, or am I right?

The stress level today has been through the roof. The contractor experience went off without a hitch, but the first half of the work day was… woah.

We caught a customer issue before the customer did and went into a mad scramble to get it straightened out for them. It took a little while to get a band aid in place but now we’re dealing with figuring out how to stop it from ever happening again while also talking the customer down from their panicked state. The code/app that my team is responsible for is downstream from the actual cause of the problem. It didn’t happen in our piece of the system, but it did present itself to people using our piece of the system. Yikes is the word of the day. Everyone involved, both on my company’s side and on the customer’s side, did a bang up job getting everything straightened out, and I bet that when the dust settles we’ll all agree it wasn’t that big of a deal… but for the moment. Yikes.

Back to the home owner situation, two more contractors are coming tomorrow. One is a plumber who will put everything that was taken apart today back together again. The other is just a routine maintenance thing. I will be in the office for both of them though. I am thinking about trying to find a way to be able to stay home for all of it. I don’t want my wife to have to deal with either thing. If I work from home tomorrow it means I will have to be in the office three days next week…….. yeah, I think I am going to work from home tomorrow. Command decision made. Three days next week.

On an unrelated note, today is the anniversary of my Uncle Johnny’s death. It’s been 17 years. He was godfather to both me and my sister. He was my father’s only sibling. He had a tough life but he overcame a lot of awful shit. He was good people and I love him and I miss him. I wish he could have known all of our kids. He would have been proud, I know it.

Okay. Back to the stress. Look out below!

#anniversary#Family#generations
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Habr

Мечтают ли диффузионки о 3D-алайнменте, или что мы планируем рассказать на грядущей ICLR

Привет, Хабр! Меня зовут Нина, я работаю инженером исследователем в AIRI, где мы с моими коллегами активно исследуем возможности генеративного ИИ. Особое место в нашей рабочей повестке занимает применение диффузионных моделей к различным задачам. Не так давно мы получили приятную новость: нашу статью по семантическое выравнивание при генерации 3D‑моделей приняли на ICLR. В ней мы нашли способ, как построить выровненную генерацию 3D‑объектов, используя гайданс предобученной диффузионной модели, чтобы сделать редактирование или гибридизацию более надёжными. В этой статье хотелось бы кратко пересказать суть нашей работы.

habr.com/ru/companies/airi/art

ХабрМечтают ли диффузионки о 3D-алайнменте, или что мы планируем рассказать на грядущей ICLRПривет, Хабр! Меня зовут Нина, я работаю инженером исследователем в AIRI, где мы с моими коллегами активно исследуем возможности генеративного ИИ. Особое место в нашей рабочей повестке...
#diffusion_models#3d#generations
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Jason Beets

This graph shows the percent of each generation that identified as LGBT in each of Gallup’s surveys from 2012-24.

Gallup did not report the percent of Gen Z adults that identified as LGBT in its earlier annual reports.

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A line graph that shows the percent of each generation that identified as LGBT in each of Gallup’s surveys from 2012-24. The lines are different colors. The younger the generation, the higher they are on the graph. The older the generation, the lower they are on the graph.
#LGBT#US#USA
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Jason Beets

Younger people are more likely to identify as LGBT.

In fact, a higher percentage of each generation identifies as LGBT than the one that came before.

This generational pattern has been true every time Gallup has surveyed US adults about their sexualities and gender identities.

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#LGBT#Age#Generations
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