<story><title>Generation Sell</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-entrepreneurial-generation.html?_r=1&amp;ref=opinion&amp;pagewanted=all</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>neilk</author><text>I wanted to hate this piece, but I can&apos;t. This idea of &quot;post-emotional&quot; is ridiculous, and probably overestimates how passionate previous generations were. There were a lot of half-hearted hippies and punks too. But I think he&apos;s right about a few things:&lt;p&gt;- the ideal personality is now someone gentle, who gets along with everyone&lt;p&gt;- the ideal social form is now to start a business or non-profit, or at least be an independent professional&lt;p&gt;- to this end, and due to social media and blogging, many of us are always selling ourselves, however subtly.</text></comment>
<story><title>Generation Sell</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-entrepreneurial-generation.html?_r=1&amp;ref=opinion&amp;pagewanted=all</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tryitnow</author><text>This is clearly written by someone who has not interacted much with real-world entrepreneurs.  &quot;Agreeable&quot; is not the first word that comes to mind when I think of the entrepreneurs I&apos;ve met.  I&apos;m not saying all entrepreneurs are cantankerous, but I would say they&apos;re more inclined to do things &quot;their way.&quot;&lt;p&gt;I also think entrepreneurs are a lot more threatening to the status quo than previous youth-culture archetypes.  If you are a recording executive who would you fear most:
1) a drugged out punk rocker who is pissed at the world and letting everyone know it
2) a hacker entrepreneur like Sean Parker.&lt;p&gt;I think history shows us who the establishment should be more fearful of.</text></comment>