9th
(The Generation M Manifesto, via)
My response to Umair:
Unfortunately, M stands for “me” as well. If Gen X (mine) was a generation of slackers, Gen M might be called the generation of look-at-me’s.
I realize that each generation that comes along thinks it has the best ideas for making the world a better place. Unfortunately, it seems that your gen also comes with the need to belittle or harsh others that don’t share or understand your worldview. This leads to alienation and bad feelings (as the comments most likely bear out) not cooperation and change.
Please don’t conflate the bureaucracy and the “establishment” with the “disenfranchised” by playing the age game. It seems you tried to back away from this at the end of the article but it also seems that your need to be clever (look-at-me) let it sit near the headline.
Also, the ideas listed here are great, but they do not belong to you - they’ve been around for ages. Perhaps with the tech the X’ers + the M’ers ‘ve developed these ideas will finally have a chance to be put into motion.
I want to support you & your gen but unless the snarky attitude goes, you’re hurting more than helping. It’s like you guys are the Bidens (M) to our Obamas (X), seriously.
[edit: I do realize that alot of this Gen M negativity is misdirected passion, i.e. the fire of youth. I think the future will be an interesting place: Gen X + Gen M = change that is startlingly and lastingly true]
