{"id":34969,"date":"2014-05-12T10:04:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T14:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34969"},"modified":"2014-05-12T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T14:05:08","slug":"jet-alum-roland-kelts-on-japans-generation-resignation-in-adbusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/12\/jet-alum-roland-kelts-on-japans-generation-resignation-in-adbusters\/","title":{"rendered":"JET alum Roland Kelts on Japan&#8217;s &#8220;Generation Resignation&#8221; in Adbusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>*****************<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Another thought provoking article by\u00a0JET alum author and writer\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?s=Roland+Kelts\" target=\"_blank\">Roland Kelts<\/a><\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.osaka-info.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Osaka-shi<\/a>, 1998-99), this one in the current issue of\u00a0<strong>Adbusters<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/magazine\/113\/satori-generation.html\"><strong>The Satori Generation<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>A new breed of young people have outdone the tricksters of advertising.<\/p>\n<p><em>Roland Kelts, 07 May 2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t want cars or brand name handbags or luxury boots. To many of them, travel beyond the known and local is expensive and potentially dangerous. They work part-time jobs\u2014because that is what they\u2019ve been offered\u2014and live at home long after they graduate. They\u2019re not getting married or having kids. They\u2019re not even sure if they want to be in romantic relationships. Why? Too much hassle. Oh, and too expensive.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, they\u2019ve come to be known as satori sedai\u2014the \u201cenlightened generation.\u201d In Buddhist terms: free from material desires, focused on self-awareness, finding essential truths. But another translation is grimmer: \u201cgeneration resignation,\u201d or those without ideals, ambition or hope.<\/p>\n<p><em>CLICK HERE to read the rest on ADBUSTERS: \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/magazine\/113\/satori-generation.html\">https:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/magazine\/113\/satori-generation.html<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Click here to read more of Roland&#8217;s articles from Adbusters: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/authors\/roland_kelts\">https:\/\/www.adbusters.org\/authors\/roland_kelts<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***************** Another thought provoking article by\u00a0JET alum author and writer\u00a0Roland Kelts(Osaka-shi, 1998-99), this one in the current issue of\u00a0Adbusters. The Satori Generation A new breed of young people have outdone the tricksters of advertising. Roland Kelts, 07 May 2014 They don\u2019t want cars or brand name handbags or luxury boots. 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