DD Support Board and Research Team

[shajandr]

"But no matter what you think, nowadays it's clear that most young people think making money is "success". And that nothing else counts for very much."

Do you really believe that in the bold above? Have you hung ... errr... hanged ... errr ... spent some time talking with Millenials?

My son and his friends surely do nott follow that belief. Nott at all.

As I stated in a much earlier discussion maybe a couple of months ago, I volunteer with our local high school. The students at our school certainly don't believe that money is success.

In fact, these are much more grounded kids that my generation was. They kind of know the national debt and demographics have fucked them over. They know that global competition is brutal and will get worse.

These kids are largely eschewing money and material success in favor of experiences and hobbies. My son is nott driven by a desire for money, only for an interesting job where he can use his knowledge and skills for a long time and nott be pigeonholed or made obsolete by time.

Maybe the kids where I live are different than the ones where you live. California is notoriously way more laid back than the East Coasties.