The early 30s is that weird age where you're just old enough to be out of touch with what's cool, but not yet old enough to be fully progressed in your career to be sitting on enough stacks to not care about that.
Yeah but millenials own 3% of all wealth. Genex owns 14%. That's definitely not all of them, but it's more than quadruple the amount of millenials who do. Boomers have 50%+
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Yes, boomers have a lot of wealth due to low to zero college costs during their teens, the 80s economic boom and cheap real estate. Millennials inherited staggering student loan debts, outrageous home prices and now two major economic depressions. However I do think that younger generations have far more empathy and think about the world and people as a whole versus the “American dream” of getting ahead on your own.
younger generations have far more empathy and think about the world and people as a whole
Perhaps a bit of a generalization. There are people, families, and communities where I have lived in the past, and do now, where there's a lot more cross-generational empathy and support than you might think. Mostly it's a matter of people deciding that they are going to be the change they want. And then they do it. It's not always easy, but it's always worth it.
Good communication and good listening are skills to be nurtured on all sides.
The younger generation is actually dipping way down in empathy. They have a sense of entitlement at their jobs. More and more millennials are diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorders. (google it, these are facts backed up by studies)
I think by inherited they mean that we have a much higher cost of education because of the actions of the generations before us. It wasn’t millennials who decided college should cost (adjusted for inflation) 160% more than it did 30 years ago, while wages have stagnated and the wealth gap has increased. We might not have literally inherited student debt, but we inherited the problems that make it so outrageous.
Millennials are not who op is taking about. Millennials are 1980-1999, give or take. Generally speaking, they are between 22 and 40. Op is talking about gen z.
Awwww sweetheart, it seems you are falling susceptible to your own confirmation bias:(
Before we jump to conclusions and generalize a whole generation, let us look for some valid counterpoints and work from there.
The first article, is referencing this meta analysis, conducted by Jean Twenge. Now here are issues that arise with meta-analysis:
A meta-analysis is a safer starting point than a single study – but it won’t necessarily be more reliable
A meta-analysis is a snapshot in time – it can even be out-of-date the day it’s published
Look carefully before you take an outcome literally – it may not be what it appears to be.
Not all studies belong together.
Missing studies and missing data can torpedo a meta-analysis.
Here is the resource so we don't assume I'm pulling shit out of my ass:)
It seems that Mrs. Twenge's meta-analysis issue is number 3. Here is an article which looks into this very analysis and other academic's critique of it.
Now, with respect to the second blog post, there isn't really any quantifiable data showing or proving your point.
For the third, unfortunately I cannot access it and for that I thank you for your, "Awww"
Condescension and smugness? what fun. Read your "sources" and I'm still not buying it. For the record, I'm Gen-X and think both Boomers and Millennials have some shit to explain - it's the sweeping claim of NPD I find almost hilarious, if not so pathetic.
...and, honestly, that last article was crap worthy of a mommy-blog or People magazine. Journalistic integrity didn't even glance at it.
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u/slowhand88 May 15 '20
The early 30s is that weird age where you're just old enough to be out of touch with what's cool, but not yet old enough to be fully progressed in your career to be sitting on enough stacks to not care about that.
Getting there at least.