Baby Boomers...the men and women who promised freedom and delivered disaster

. After two economic recessions and a failed pandemic, baby boomers have become an easy target for criticism from their children. But is this hatred justified? Is the devastation they left behind their fault or merely the result of generational fluctuations? In her book “The Baby Boomer Generation,” author Helen Andrews addresses the legacy of this generation objectively, accurately, and in a bitterly sarcastic style. Like Lytton Strachey's book Notable Victorians, it highlights six of the brightest and best of this generation. It shows how Steve Jobs tried to unleash the rebellious spirit hidden in every individual, but he unleashed it on our stifling digital world filled with social media and the gig economy. And how Aaron Sorkin played magician to a generation of idealistic nerds. And how Camille Paglia subverted academia in trying to save it. How Jeffrey Sachs, Al Sharpton, and Sonia Sotomayor wanted to empower the oppressed, but ended up empowering new oppressors. Andrews goes far beyond the usual stereotypes of the Beatles and Bill Clinton, showing how these six baby boomers had an impact on the world, tragically and often ironically, contrary to their intentions. Andrews reveals the essence of the baby boomers: they tried to liberate us, and instead of freedom, they left chaos in their wake.