The Top 5 Reasons Why Millennials Will Save Us All

Why Millennials Will Save Us All

By Dallas Brooks

Every generation likes to look to the old fogeys ahead of them and the young whippersnappers behind them and proclaim that everyone else must be nuts. In a way, every generation is probably right. None of us can look back objectively over the years, because we see the world through the lenses of time and experience.

Millennials get a bad rap for being whiners, but they are a group of young people who have never known a world without war and economic crises. Most of them don’t remember America before September 11, and 99% of them have never even seen a floppy disc or a rotary phone outside of a museum or a history text. They’re called snowflake crybabies, but is that really a fair assessment if they aren’t yet in power? They’re living in the world run by retiring Baby Boomers and a growing number of Generation Xers. Despite the numerous criticisms we throw on these young folks, here are five reasons why they might just save us all.

1. Creative Entrepreneurs

StampyCat and DanTDM aren’t problems that require a Veterinarian. They’re Millennial entrepreneurs who are breaking new ground in the entertainment industry. What do they do?  They play video games and record it on YouTube.  I have to hand it to them, it sure as hell beats sitting in a cubicle for 9 hours a day, every weekday of your life, for forty years. StampyCat has nearly 8 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, and he’s been seen almost 5.5 billion times. DanTDM has 12.5 million subscribers and 8.2 billion views. To compare, note that Hulu.com, an up and coming television streaming service, had only 9 million subscribers last year. Millennials start businesses earlier, they do it more often, and they have a higher tolerance for failure than any of the rest of us in the older generations.  In an era where traditional jobs, pensions, and the corporate ladder are fast becoming a thing of the past, we need people who can find new and innovative paths to success.