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Finally some data to back-up what I inherently feel every time I visit hacker news: the US has a HUGE resource in the up-and-coming generation (and of course ou
by aresant 17y ago
Finally some data to back-up what I inherently feel every time I visit hacker news: the US has a HUGE resource in the up-and-coming generation (and of course our friends around the world that participate!)
I loved this article, thanks for sharing.
- zoba 17y agoOne thing that excites me when I worry about the US losing its status is how competitive young people are. College admissions are absurd, and good grades are a necessity. People take the SAT several times just to get a slightly higher score. Kids are fighting really hard to get into good schools, and so when I think of the younger generation being video gaming, tweeting, facebook addicts, I'm also happy to remember how much harder we work at school than our parents did.
- joe_the_user 17y agoThe question is whether the competitive ethos of young people is aimed at improving their relative position or whether they also aim to improve this society as a whole. (Anecdote Warning): My cousin at BP tells a story of rising executive who was fired for stealing a PC from work. She was nonplussed because his eventual salary would have made the cost of a PC nominal but he thought he deserved more right now - not a good story of "millennials".
- avdempsey 17y agoWatching cable tells a story of a generation that decided to fight a trillion dollar war without including the price tag in the national budget...pushing the cost onto future generations of Americans. Not a good story of "pre-millennials".
- joe_the_user 17y agoIndeed, the question is whether things are improving...