Millennials: The New Greatest Generation

by Time Inc.

At 80 million strong, they are the biggest age grouping in American history. Each country's millennials are different, but because of globalization, social media, the exporting of Western culture and the speed of change, millennials worldwide are more similar to one another than to older generations within their nations. They are the most threatening and exciting generation since the baby boomers brought about social revolution, not because they're trying to take over the Establishment but because they're growing up without one.

This story is part of the TIME Spotlight Stories Collection from Time Inc.

Time Inc. is one of the world’s most influential media companies – home to 90 iconic brands like People, Sports Illustrated, Time, InStyle, Real Simple, Food & Wine, and Fortune. The Spotlight Stories in this collection aim to provide you with a quick read on a single subject, highlighting our readers’ most popular stories and featuring great reporting from our Time Inc. journalists.

This Spotlight Story from TIME explores how millennials just might save us all.

17 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 23, 2016

Reviews

[Carol A. Linden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scary but well-supported with data.

I'm terrified by the fact that they rate so low on empathy and have trouble intellectually understanding other's points of view. That doesn't bode so well for us, it seems to me. Great article, though, well-supported by data.

[Nicole Mastrilli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

I highly disagree with grouping those born in 1980 into the millennial generation but the rest made for a very interesting read.