Review: Must Read Sociological Manifesto on Gen Y
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
This is an intriguing read for anyone trying to understand Gen Y or the dynamically changing world and the generation that swam through it while their brains were forming and trying to make sense of it all. Clear, snarky, provocative, cutting, jaded, dialed in to pop culture and the world at large-Paul Huhn is the perfect embodiment of and ambassador to the Millennial Mind.What happens to your sense of religion when growing up in the age of constant scientific discovery, and constant media manipulation? How does easy access to Internet porn affect the developing minds of Millennial? How does Gen Y grapple with meaning when everything that we used to use as success markers, like the college degree that used to lead to job security, has toppled? Well, like many, Huhn ended up in the hospital after a suicide attempt. But they are trying to figure it out mindfully, and in Huhn's case, they process this eloquently just as their whole generation processes everything from a meta point of view. He seems to know others in his generation are dually lost and laughing their asses off at the latest meme iteration, and he's shining a bright light on it all from his smart phone of a brain to show the way.You need this book if you are a Millennial who feels the isolation and drift of the times, if you parent/teach/work with one, or if you want to know what the world will be like for the next 30 years. It's interesting to see where Huhn's mind goes in this intimate inquiry into a generation on the brink.