Social Value Quiz

I took this survey that YSD has on her blog.

I find it interesting that I am a GenXer - I always hated that title for my generation.

It is geared toward the Canucks, so I expect it to be a bit off here and there.



It also says that I am a New Aquarian, whatever that might mean. Some of the items it lists for my group make sense, while others seem silly ("Everything changed in Seattle." - insane and silly, "Respect for education" - right on the freaking mark).

Incidence in Population

• Proportion of Canadian population: 5 per cent
• Proportion of Gen Xers: 14 per cent

Other Demographics

• Mostly mirror the general population

Fundamental Motivations

Social Justice and Experience-seeking

Key Values

• Adaptability - Yes, definitely
  
• Concern for the less fortunate - Yes, definitely
  
• Concern for the environment - Yes, most of the time
  
• Respect for education - Yes
  
• Contempt for traditional authorities - Surprisingly moreso as I get older
  
• Hedonism - well, the description concerning happiness, yes, the description concerning pleasure, not so much
  

Words to Live By

• There is no being, only becoming - quite true, we never really are finished as people, are we?
  
• Everything changed in Seattle - no freaking way
  
• No justice, no peace - I agree, without the violence this statement suggests
  

Icons

• Singer Sarah McLachlan - umm, I'm sure I know her stuff, but umm, I really can't put my finger on it
  
• Author Naomi Klein - who?
  
• Singer/activist Jello Biafra - again, who?
  
• Rap-metal group Rage Against the Machine - yep
  
• Author/activist John Zerzan - who?
  
• Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar - umm, NO...
  
• Dead Prez - I'm thinking I don't know these folks
• I guess what I'm saying is that I have little in common or touch with the "pop" culture of my age group
  

Money Orientation - This is all basically on the mark for me

Making it: I'd never do work I didn't believe in. Spending it: When I must consume at all, I consume with conscience. Saving it: I'm not saving much now, but when I do I'll call the shots. Stealing it: No, thanks. Giving it away: Environmental and social causes.