Millennials are a generation of people who reach adulthood in the early 2000s, which means they were born between the 1980s and 2000s. Most millennials are children of Generation X, also known as Baby Boombers, born between the 1960s and 1980s. Millennials are also known as Generation Y because they come after Generation X. The topic of Millennials piques the interest of many, including myself, because I am also a Millennial. It's hard to generalize people's opinions about Millennials because Millennials were the most important. hot topic of discussion for the last decade or so. Society commonly has a positive or negative view of millennials. A negative view that a large number of people have about millennials is that we are lazy, entitled, selfish, and superficial. Another relatively positive view is that we are simply confident, self-expressive, liberal and optimistic. There is an abundant amount of data to defend both sides of this issue. The population usually chooses between these two perspectives or simply remains neutral without any opinion. However, I believe that millennials are important because they are the ones who hold the content of the future. Society tends to negatively stereotype the 80 million Americans born between the years 1980 and 2000. According to data found by Lauren Hansen and Ryu Spaeth in the article “Ways to Describe the Millennial Generation,” many people like to believe that millennials are narcissistic and that we only care about ourselves and less about what happens in the world. By narcissistic they mean that we only care about materialistic things like money, image, self-acceptance, fame and affiliation (Hansen). They also state that millennia...... middle of paper ......and the Internet uses technology; they are becoming more and more technologically savvy. Stein is certainly right when he says that we are resourceful and big thinkers because, as he may not be aware, studies have shown that millennials are the most adaptable and creative generation. Some millennials just need to learn how to best use the source they have. Therefore, millennials attract the interest of many different people with countless distinct opinions. Lauren Hansen had plenty of data to support her perspective that millennials are lazy, called narcissists in society. Joel Stein made the opposite optimistic argument that millennials are the start of something great and positive and will continue to be beneficial to society and the revolution. I personally believe that Millennials should not be taken for granted, because they have so much to offer us and our future.