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Generation Sell… Interesting piece by essayist and critic, William Deresiewicz for the NY Times on how the entrepreneurial spirit defines the current generation. The heroic age of dot-com entrepreneurship, Deresiewicz claims, has shaped the new generation into aspirational “creators,” usually with a social conscience and almost always with a marked distrust of big business and government. Add a sense that it is every man for himself (the obvious lack of traditional post-graduation opportunities) and you have the new social order for the young set. More than fascinating… certainly a positive move from the previous sense of entitlement… could this be what American society needs to help the country define new values, innovation and economic growth?

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