All about Me Me Me

The article "The ME ME ME Generation" by Joel Stein brings up many issues that older generations would agree with. We're narcissistic and are entering adulthood at a slower rate than ever before. When reading this article I thought I would be reading about how easy my generation has had it and other negative characteristics that are associated with what Stein calls the "Millennials."  However, as I continued to read this article, Stein revealed our flaws and showed his readers how great our generation actually is, despite the flaws. Its hard to hear such criticism in the beginning of the article. Am I as narcissistic as the article implies? I find myself on Facebook, looking into the lives of other people and being jealous of the things they post. I can agree with Stein that I am constantly living under the influence of my friends. 

Whats great about Stein's article is how he reveals that even though he is older than my generation, he still finds himself prone to the same bad habits that supposedly only my generation has.I was worried about how my generation was so obsessed with technology and media, but I realized that this is not necessarily a bad thing. My generation has just "mutated to adapt to their environment" (p.6) We can use the media and technology given to us to create great things. Stein explains that because we feel entitled we become "more innovative and more willing to try new things..."( p.7)We have been blessed with the ability to spend more time thinking of ideas that can be used for the better good. It may take us some time to figure out what we want to do with our lives, but once we figure it out, we can live lives of passion rather than lives focused on money and income. Perhaps we are a little narcissistic, but maybe you have to be in order to believe you can change the world.