'The thing that is a little depressing is that in my generation there's a feeling that if you do a song about war, there's this, "Oh, I've already heard that, we know that war is bad, whatever".
The music, handcrafts, food, traditional gatherings, dances and tribal customs already formally on the list constitute, Unesco says, "a living heritage, which, when transmitted from generation to generation, gives communities and groups a feeling of identity and continuity that is considered essential for the respect of cultural diversity and human creativity".
It feels powerfully like the voice of a generation: so much feeling, such a sophisticated intelligence, and nowhere to put it that isn't compromised or cliched.
Among many of the new generation there is less of a feeling that America must always pursue its own interests, adds Dennis Hoover, a writer on conservative Protestantism.One open question is how far green evangelicals can go in co-operating with Christians with a different ethos.
But with the average sales price of a two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan hitting a record high of $1.14 million in the last three months of 2003, a new generation is feeling the pinch as the vise tightens on middle-class families wishing for that extra bedroom.
I don't know, but I have a feeling that Girls' Generation will stick round for a while".
"There is a feeling among young generations that no matter how hard we try, we can't get ahead," said Shigeyuki Jo, 36, co-author of "The Truth of Generational Inequalities".
What was missing was a sense of irony that could have given the collection a feeling of the Facebook generation taking a mocking interest in their elders' clothes.
I have a feeling that, for my generation, the day of the black-car procession with uniformed drivers may be over.
But actually playing a Barbie-like doll, again, is what has fans of a certain generation feeling like that wish they made in 2000 has finally come true.
