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Generation Sell

There was an interesting Op-Ed piece in the New York Times this past weekend, Generation Sell by William Deresiewicz  It attempts to (sort of) characterize the current generation of young people as inherently optimistic and entrepreneurial, if not naive and consumerist. To me, some of it rings true, but a lot of it is just sort of dismissive and suffers from old-foggi-ism (“when I was your age…”) As you might imagine in any attempt to characterize 20 somethings, the term “hipster” is used liberally. An interesting counterpoint is Gavin McInnes’s (co-founder of Vice Magazine) Hating Hipsters.  It may be a little of topic, but I thought it was a relevant piece to consider in light of our discussions about what you all want to do when you graduate and the discussions about starting a business and selling your work.

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