Why Millennials Will Be The Generation 'To Save Us All'
In a provocative cover story, "The Me Me Me Generation," TIME's Joel Stein gives a great argument why the Millennial Generation will "save us all."
Millennials, roughly those born from 1980-2000, are often criticized as lazy and entitled. While that may hold true to some extent,
Below are five key arguments from Stein about why millennials will save us all:
They believe they can change the worldThe millennials may be a little narcissistic, but they're so self-confident, they believe they can change the world.
"They're so convinced of their own greatness," Stein writes, "that the National Study of Youth and Religion found the guiding morality of 60% of millennials in any situation is that they'll just be able to feel what's right." They don't believe in hierarchyMillennials have no problem skipping over rungs of bureaucracy, or creating an entirely new system so they can avoid it completely.
"They are the most threatening and exciting generation since the baby boomers brought about social revolution, not because they're trying to take over the Establishment but because they're growing up without one," Stein writes.
They're resourceful and adaptableToday's young people know that the Great Recession, technology, and globalization has changed the future of work forever. And they're adapting. "What idiot would try to work her way up at a company when she's going to have an average of seven jobs before age 26?" asks Stein.
Ultimately, millennials believe that they deserve something better, and they're not afraid to create it themselves — which is why they're the "most threatening and exciting generation," ever.
Read the full story at TIME here.
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