Stein, the writer of this article, introduces the Millennials as, “The Me Me Me Generation”. The New York Times defines Millennials as a person who entered adulthood around 21st century; in other words, Millennials are the person reaching young adulthood around the Year 2000. Joel Stein identifies The Millennials as lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow generation. This writer argues that the millennials are narcissistic, and their development is hindered; at the same time he also calls this generation optimistic earnest. The writer begins the article by addressing his younger generations as lazy, entitled, selfish, and shallow, and says that he has studies, statics, and quotes to prove that. He then, blames the Internet and Urbanization for creating this generation, and states that the internet has made this generation more dangerous. The Author refers to Millennials as “Fame Obsessed”. He says, Millennials only care about themselves; they are always convinced of their own greatness. They are over-confident and self – involved. Millennials are always interacting through their smart phones. He says, early findings shows that, Millennials has the high self – esteem, and they are cocky. They have trouble …show more content…
He says they are the doers, not only the thinkers. They are the dreamers, they want new experiences. As Gary Stiteler, in this article mentions, “Millennials are think think about it before you do it”. This generations are many steps ahead then the previous generation. Millennials are also financially strong. According to the verdicts done by Stain, millennials have less household and credit card debt than any previous generations. In this article, Tom Brokaw says that the Millennials are the great force to positive change. They always find a new and better way of doing things. They are the one who introduced internet, smartphones and apps; hence, those invention has made world
“The Dumbest Generation” is a title no group of people want to behold. Nonetheless, people under age thirty have been given this belittling title. To those who go off questions about obsolete general knowledge rather than the ability to take in and evaluate knowledge, this title may seem quite fitting. However, Millennials aren’t quite as dull as they’ve been perceived to be. The ability of Millennials to absorb information, rather than know general facts, and their use of contemporary technology as reading and writing resources has proven that they are quite an innovative and bright generation.
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In his essay, “The New Greatest Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All,” American journalist Joel Stein suggests that the same conditions that have caused millennials to be narcissistic and have a sense of entitlement growing up can also empower millennials to be more innovative and create new opportunities.
Stein starts the article, “I am about to do what old people have done throughout history: call those younger than me lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow” (28). He uses the negative words and tone that the older generations have used to describe Millennials for years to obtain the older generations’ attention. Toward the older generation, this article is written with data that can support what they have been preaching since Millennials were born, which lures his audience to continue to read. Therefore, leading readers to the purpose of the article and displaying why the world should believe in Millennials. Stein also balances his article well by utilizing his arguments that support and oppose the success of the millennials and order to mask his true message. However, in the beginning, Stein provides more information against the Millennials, engulfing the topic of “The New Greatest Generation: Why Millennials Will Save Us All,” wherein the second half he talks about himself and convey his opinions about the millennials.
Friedman, the Millennials are perceived in a less negative light based off of their optimism and desire. Friedman opens the article by talking about how much the Millennials are contributing and the risks they are taking in order to pursue their desires. For example, Friedman states, "Not only has terrorism not deterred them from traveling, they are rolling up their sleeves and diving in deeper than ever." Friedman opens the article positively in order to demonstrate that the Millennials do truly have potential. The article, overall, focuses on the negatives of this generation, however, in a more suggestive way. Friedman states, "I 've been calling them "Generation Q" - the Quiet Americans" and "Generation Q may be too quiet, too online, for its own good, and for the country 's own good", which implies that the Millennials are too connected to the internet and not their surroundings. These statements focus on what the Millennials are doing wrong, however, in a way to inform rather than to bash. Friedman argues that "America needs a jolt of the idealism, activism and outrage of Generation Q." This shows that, even though the Millennials are doing some great things for the country, they are not using their full potential to do great things in every aspect. Friedman states the Millennials are here to "light a fire under the country" but "they can 't e-mail it in, and an online petition or a mouse click for carbon neutrality won 't cut it." This shows that, even though this generation has a lot of potential to positively influence the country, they are too hooked to technology to know how to do
As Andres Tapia mentioned, “ To be young is to be experienced”. Millennials have a different perspective about how to success in life. Since millennials are born during this current era, they have an advantage over people that were born before. With the inclusion of technology, it is easier to learn and apply new knowledge than before. A good example is the “Apps”. It is only necessary to create an app that attracts the interest of many consumers to start making money. Finally, Millenials have the ability to adapt and evolve. Millenials are the representation of
Simon Sinek is a British-American author, motivational speaker, and marketing consultant. During an interview, Simon address “the millennial question” in which he stresses some key points about this generation (Millennials). Although Simon Sinek persuasively describes the way millennials are addicted to social media and technology, as well as their erroneous instant gratification expectations, he fails generalizing a whole generation assuming they all were raise the same way and justifying their lack of social skills. Simon Sinek argues that millennials aren’t happy at their work mainly because of four points:
Socrates, a famous Greek philosopher, once said, “The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in the place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households . . .” (Has Child Behavior Worsened? 3). This quote often represents the logic that is passed from generation to generation. The generation that is most prominent today, the Millennials, is often compared to the other generations, as the Millennials were brought up with much more technological advances and thus behave differently. Some people may use this in a bad way, and others in a good way. Although multiple generations set the two generations apart, the Millennials can be considered
Simon Sinek author, motivational speaker, and marketing consultant claim that a millennial are people who were born from 1984 and after. Studies show that a millennial can be tough to manage, lazy, narcissistic, and self-interested. A millennial want to make an impact, to work with a purpose. Failed parenting, social media, impatience, and environment can be the result of a bad millennial.
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Some people feel that the millennials are the next “greatest generation.” The main reason for this is that they have grown up with brand new advancements in the technological world. These advancements were created to help the human society make everything easier to use and have them be more helpful. The millennials are not the next greatest generation because they don’t think for themselves, rely on others to get an answer to their own problems, and the millenials all share this same sort of friendship for others that is drawn in two separate paths. The advancements that were created throughout this generation was great, but it was used incorrectly and is shown to have negative effects on
Simon Sinek (2016), a popular speaker, presented a speech on the topic of millennials and their addiction of the internet. In his speech, Sinek argues that millennials are addicted to the internet and tough to manage, and he gives the four main reasons why all millennials are like that- The reasons he states are parents, technology, impatience, and environment. He believes that most millennials are the outcome of “failed parenting strategies”- parents tell their kids they are special, can have anything they want in life without working for it, and build up their self-esteem at a young age which makes them narcissistic. When these kids grow up and face the real world, they find out that everything their parents told them was a lie which makes
Us the millennials we can make so many changes in the way we care about our future and the way we think about ideas to help us be successful has persons. But how I see my-self is that I care about what’s goanna happen to my future and the consequences that come with it. If I don’t follow the right path, so I stay focused on what I want, the more you think the better ideas come to you (Open minded). Millennials are known for being narcissistic, but also we like to be “self-expression”. Millennials are the first generation to have an unlimited amount of technological platforms from which we can express our self. By posting stuff on social media, watching the news however, millennials feel their responsibility by carrying about the environment. What society say is that we
The Millennial generation has more positive characteristics then negative. They are more focus on working hard to better their life, than depending on others. They loved to be independent and fulfill their wish, rather than please someone else’s. Millennial are down to earth and they don’t take life too serious. The older generations, think the millennial generation is doom because of technologies. They reasons that, the Millennial spends too much time on the internet, rather than enjoying the nature of earth or enjoying life activities. According to the article, Are Today 's Millennials the 'Screwed Generation '? By National Public Radio, Joel Kotkin, “calls millennials the screwed generation.” Because there are many bills that add up, as they transfer into the adult’s world. But according to the ‘Sunday business Post’, “[The millennials generation] are generally well educated, very ambitious and highly mobile.” The millennials are more creative and highly education. The things that make this generation extremely important and excited are their work ethic, their technology, and their personalities.
Millennials, these are a group of people who were born in the year of 1984 and after. There are millions of them and they are our future. According to Simon Sinek, Millennials “are accused of being entitled and narcissistic, self interested, unfocused and lazy.” (Sinek, 2016) Even though Millennials lack in some aspects, he believes that parenting, technology, impatience and the environment are to blame. As a millennial, I totally agree with Sinek’s point because I have been affected by all those variable ever since birth. Millennials did not do anything wrong, but the way they were raised affects their attitude.