affiliance-recruitment
Juan's efforts to recruit elders into Big Lizard's affiliance project illustrate the social and economic strategies used to integrate older generations into new collaborative ventures.
1 chapter across 1 book
Rainbows End (2007)Vernor Vinge
In this chapter, Juan Orozco navigates his shop class to engage with older individuals like Dr. Xiang and Winston Blount, attempting to recruit them into Big Lizard's affiliance project despite their struggles with aging and adapting to new technology. Juan observes the challenges faced by these elders, including obsolescence of skills and resistance to new cultural norms like 'wearing,' while also preparing to approach Robert Gu, a Marine Corps family member who represents a valuable recruit. The chapter highlights the intergenerational dynamics and the difficulties of reintegration and relevance in a rapidly changing technological society.