As I grow older, the more I realize there is nothing new under the sun. The biggest difference between the current crop of 20-somethings and the previous crop

As I grow older, the more I realize there is nothing new under the sun. The biggest difference between the current crop of 20-somethings and the previous crop (my generation) is the internet--ideas are easily accessible, so anyone can write about environmental issues, or factory farming, or peak oil, or whatever. Previously, you had to go to the library and find this stuff, but it was there (a few examples: Wendell Berry, Jacques Ellul, Ivan Illich). Regarding "corporate America," there is quite a bit of generalization in the original post. My father recently retired from the company he started working for when he was in his 20s. He worked his way up the proverbial ladder and currently has an ownership stake. Most of his co-workers I remember meeting when I was kid still work there, or retired there. Yes, some companies are bad, but that is not the whole of it. There is always some degree of navel gazing by "youngsters." My old journals are full of it. Again, the difference is that these days, the navel gazing is public. At least the author is doing some degree of reflection about the state of things.