3. shared views and common choices

Have the shared experiences of your generation left you with similar views or inclined you toward common choices?

They have, to some extent, but it’s not a tidy portrait. You’re not an easy generation to pin down. In part, that’s because you are so global; the cultures of your country and traditions of your family are varied. In part, it’s because you have very different socioeconomic starting points. And in part it’s because you’re, well—you. One of your characteristics is a strong desire to cultivate and express your own individuality, to customize.

And even among your shared views there are important contradictions. As a generation you are both largely optimistic and significantly overwhelmed. You are ambitious ...

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