Also, Brooks is out of it, for someone who claims to have his finger on the pulse. I'm solidly Gen X, but this is not what I did, nor is it what my peers did:
Most of them will not quickly get married, buy a home and have kids, as previous generations did.
It hasn't been like that for a while, David, and you ought to know that.
Anyway, while I don't disagree with him on a broad level--does anyone really pay serious attention to their commencement address? I don't remember mine. Do you?
I will note, though, that baby boomers are the unhappiest living generation, with the highest suicide and divorce rates. We Xers don't look half bad by comparison, folks. If I were a young graduate, I might want to know that. Don't model yourself on the boomers.
