I think that the editors of the Washington Post may have taken the wrong conclusion from the study the article describes when they gave it this headline: “Millennials have low opinion of themselves, compared to boomers”. Here’s the section that caught my eye:
Millennials are also more likely to give themselves low rankings in categories such as patriotism, responsibility, willingness to sacrifice, religiousness, morality, self-reliance, compassion and political activism. Fully 59 percent say “self-absorbed†is an apt description of their bunch.
But, hey, they’re young.
Boomers, however, tend to have relatively healthy self-regard, giving themselves better scores in patriotism, responsibility and so on. Only the silent generation — those born between 1928 and 1945, who are between 70 and 87 years old – gave themselves an even bigger pat on the back.
Wouldn’t a more descriptive caption be “Baby Boomers have inflated view of themselves, compared to Millennials”? But I guess that would be a “dog bites man” story.
