Topic > Academic Dialogue: “The New Greatest Generation”

“Millennials interact all day, but almost entirely through a screen. They may appear calm, but they are deeply anxious about missing out on something better" (Stein). In the article The New Greatest Generation, Joel Stein discusses his thoughts on why the Millennial generation is where they are today and his predictions for their future , also provides information to support his opinion. This piece Stein talks about how advances in technology (cell phones) have created a world for these individuals where face-to-face interaction is non-existent and escaping reality is easy.” Millennials interact all day, but almost entirely through a screen. They may seem calm, but they are deeply anxious about missing out on something better” (paragraph 9). As Stein talks about “Interacting all day but almost entirely through a screen,” describes a group of people who are so dependent on their phones and technology, that this is the only way they communicate with the world today. In one of the next sentences he describes how “70% of them check their phone...