Can We Stop Worrying About Millennials Yet?

With everyone always complaining about the Millennial generation, or the Me-Me-Me Generation as TIME has put it, it’s hard to sometimes remember that we’re not all Instagram-selfie-obsessed and brainless. I saw this comic by Matt Bors and it really resonated with me.

It draws attention to the fact that though our generation is better off than any other generation the past, we’re given some pretty dire circumstances to work with. Nipun Mehta’s commencement speech sums it pretty well:

"Time Magazine’s cover story labeled you guys as the “Me, Me, Me” generation; the week before, NY Times reported that the suicide rate for Gen X went up by 30% in the last decade, and 50% for the boomer generation. We’ve just learned that atmospheric carbon levels surpassed 400 PPM for the first time in human history. Our honeybee colonies are collapsing, thereby threatening the future of our food supply. And all this is just the tip of the iceberg. 

What we’re handing over to you is a world full of inspiring realities coupled with incredibly daunting ones. In other words: miserable and magical isn't just a pop-song lyric -- it's the paradox that you are inheriting from us."

Here’s the full speech and the full comic!