Friedman's article seems a little sophomoric in modern context, but at the 1990s were a decade between the end of the constant threat of nuclear annihilation and the paradigm shift after Sept 11, 2001.
I truly think GenX was blessed to come of age in that all too short a moment
弗里德曼的文章在现代语境中似乎有点大二，但在20世纪90年代，核毁灭的持续威胁结束到2001年9月11日之后的范式转变之间的十年。
我真的认为GenX很幸运能在这么短的时间内长大