That way, we could carry on, trusting that we will have a chance to rebrand ourselves when we’re older and have a new, younger generation of screw-ups to judge.Īlternatively, we can take a look at the factors that led to these characterizations. It often feels as though they’re sitting high in their ivory towers, rewriting history. It would be easy enough to blame society’s rage against the millennials on the aging generations that came before us. It won’t be long until we millennials are characterized in a more positive light. So it comes as no surprise that millennials, who are now in their 20s and 30s, are being characterized as narcissistic, entitled, and lazy. Generation X is described as skeptical but self-reliant. “The Lost Generation” came to be known as “ The Greatest Generation.” Boomers are now characterized as ambitious and hard-working.

…Those generalizations evolved and dissipated over time.