The New Greatest Generation By Josel Stein Analysis

Generation Y The article The New Greatest Generation written by Joel Stein, a baby boomer himself, is based on millennials and how their actions are perceived in the modern day compared to other generations. Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are a group of people born between the years 1980 to 2000 who have not had the greatest reputation amongst other generations. They all comprise shared experiences throughout their childhoods which have built them to fit in with the diverse environment they have nowadays. Although Joel Stein characterizes millennials as lazy, entitled, and selfish, he argues that they are essentially a reflection of generations before them with evolved traits including entitlement, innovativeness, and positivism.
With technology comes connection and with connection comes more options for a modern individual. People can choose from a variety of career options but “For almost all of human history, almost everyone was a small-scale farmer. And then people were farmers and factory workers” (Stein 31).Stein portrays honest and truthful information behind the reason millennials choose to move positions by using aphorism. Because of the wide range of options millennials have grown up with, they do not want to spend time in one company when they will gain experiences from multiple jobs growing up. It is not laziness that is the reason behind them giving up or changing courses so often. By providing well known information, he was able to exclaim that it is hard to criticize millennials since they are stressed about having so many more choices from previous generations. Overall, having options has allowed millennials a sense of confidence in the contentment of their future even though it places stress in the construction of
Over the past generations, many rebellious acts have been made for the greater good such as protesting for the equal voting rights act in 1965. Generation Y has taken a newer approach by using positivism. In his article, Joel Stein states that “millennials don’t respect authority nor resent it” (31). They are becoming less political and more open, positive, and accepting of different groups and types of people. Generation Y has significantly been “more accepting of differences, not just among gays, women, and minorities but in everyone” (34). Millennials are using creative thinking not just with obstacles but with asking the question “why not?” as to why not just accept people and let the world change for the better or worse. Despite the criticism millennials receive for being selfish, the atmosphere in the article offers information in a way that the world is becoming a better-off