Millennials In Today's Society
The generation known to be entitled, narcissistic, self-interested, lazy and ‘the worst generation to live’ are the millennials. Millennials are the generation born typically between the 1980’s to early 2000’s and in today’s time are roughly around the ages of 18 through 34. Although, millennials have made rocket high statistics on their traveling rates, specifically more than any other generation. This generation has proved many people wrong in their supposedly ‘laziness’ trait, and leaped to opportunities to travel even with a small budget. Many wonder where this came from and how long it will last but this generation isn’t stopping and will spread interest to younger generations to do the same. This generation doesn’t feel the pressure to …show more content…
Technology relates to Malcolm Gladwell’s ‘Stickiness Factor’ because technology is something that will never go away and will repeatedly appear in our worlds day to day life. Social media is a large contributor to Gladwell’s Stickiness Factor, the routine people have developed today with social media will not disappear and the routine of seeing other people’s lives will always create influence on one another. Because of millennials strong desire to travel due to less pressure of a home, family and big job, the trend of traveling will pass down generation to generation and will not reach a tipping point in the …show more content…
Understanding the poor reputation the millennial generation has today affects previous generations not future generations. Millennials are seen as the self-interested, lazy and entitled generation to the ones above them and portray this image because they are the generation of social media and advanced technology, something previous generations didn’t grow up with and are seen as something negative not positive. Again according to Kacey Mya, “Recent studies show that millennials travel more than any other generation. The United Nations estimates that 20 percent of all international travelers are millennials, comprising approximately 200 million people.” Millennials outlaw the trait of laziness and entitlement, they simply are a group of people the world has not seen before. This generation has created new traits that will be passed down through history, many just don’t want to believe it. They are the start to something
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