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kleinbl00  ·  3411 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where Is America's Real Youth Rebellion?

It's an interesting discussion but a one-sided one. After all, isn't the catchphrase of the millennials "disruption?" And isn't disruption nothing more than a hybrid between co-option and rebellion?

The author neglects to notice that the economy is effectively running on young, smart kids who come up with a way to put their parents out of business. That's a new thing. That isn't how it used to be done. Ever since Generation X showed their parents that you could not only make money with computers, you could make millions, it's just sort of expected that clever 20-somethings are doing something you don't understand that you suspect might change your life without you even knowing how it happened.

Nobody who reads Esquire really understands what WhatsApp is. The only reason they understand Skype is because the video conferencing systems they saw once when they were interns have been replaced by something free. They're starting to realize that taxi cabs may be a memory akin to pay phones in ten years. But they're somehow convinced that kids aren't "rebelling" anymore.

I think it's more likely that they're not standing in the crosshairs anymore. The stakes are definitely higher and the payoffs are definitely lower. End result? Change of plan.

I'll have to read that damn book, though. And I just finished It's Complicated, too. dammit.