From the NYT: The Death of the Party This agrees with my ‘thesis’ that millennials are perhaps smarter and better informed than prior generations, which is why millennials are eschewing socializing for solitary intellectual endeavors such as watching Netflix, reading, STEM, debating economics online, or coding rather than partying. This quote seems to epitomize the… Continue reading The Millennial Mindset – Individualism Over The Collective
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Why Millennials Are Still Living With Their Parents
From the American Interest: Why Millennials Are Still Living with Their Parents Pew’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data finds that in spite of an improved labor market, “the nation’s 18- to 34-year-olds are less likely to be living independently of their families and establishing their own households today than they were in the depths… Continue reading Why Millennials Are Still Living With Their Parents
We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
From Steven Rattner of the NY Times: We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials TO some, millennials — those urban-dwelling, ride-sharing indefatigable social networkers — are engaged, upbeat and open to change. To others, they are narcissistic, lazy and self-centered. Saddled with debt and thin paychecks, millennials are delaying purchasing cars and new homes, low… Continue reading We’re Making Life Too Hard for Millennials
Millennials and the GOP
When ‘old’ people ascribe labels such as ‘entitled’ or ‘arrogant’ to millennials, it’s because they are used to an economy where people shut-up and did what they were told, and in the pre-globalization era shutting-up and collecting your guaranteed paycheck may have been a good idea. But with the economy becoming more competitive, companies in… Continue reading Millennials and the GOP
Why Personal Finance Has Become So Important To Millennials
With on average of 2000 people online at any given moment (on par with the wildly popular /r/aww) why is Reddit’s /r/personalfinance so popular, as well as 4chan’s business & finance board, 4chan.org/biz/ ? But it seems like the topic of personal finance, as well as economics and finance, is poplar everywhere online where high-IQ… Continue reading Why Personal Finance Has Become So Important To Millennials
We’re All Becoming Economists, Scientists, and Objectivists
It seems like everyone is discussing economics these days. I remember, as recently just a decade ago, it was mostly economists and finance guys who discussed economics, but now it’s pretty much every 20-something who is an armchair economist. Economics has become so pervasive in our everyday lives – from employment, to automation, to basic… Continue reading We’re All Becoming Economists, Scientists, and Objectivists
Millennials Rebuking Liberalism
I’ve argued time and time again that milllenials are possibly unfairly stereotyped as ‘always’ being liberal when in fact there is evidence that on economic issues they are perhaps more conservative/libertarian than often assumed. After the failed OWS protests, perhaps millenials are realizing it’s more productive to aspire to be like the rich than to… Continue reading Millennials Rebuking Liberalism
Authenticity and Masculinity in the New Era
In today’s super-competitive economy and meritocracy, the value of an individual to society is measured by his or her income/wealth, educational attainment, professional contributions, online karma points, expert status and IQ/SAT scores. To have a lot of Karma means your contributions and opinions are valued by others; therefore, in the court of online public option,… Continue reading Authenticity and Masculinity in the New Era