hmm it seems as though the Millennials
are engaged in a generational
mudslinging campaign no criticisms from
Gen Xers and baby boomers stem from how
almost literally anything can and
probably will offend them oh yeah I was
pretty offended aspect to how they act
as though their perspective dictates the
world around them well now I can’t speak
for all Millennials but I certainly can
say that some of us might have an idea
worth spreading some of us actually make
some of us are having technical
difficulties right now
thank you in a recent study it was
suggested that Millennials spend most of
their to billion dollar purchasing power
on smartphones energy drinks and organic
foods I mean these are pretty healthy
while we’re destroying the economy right
but then again guess what else made the
list hot chilli sauce so yeah
understandably I can see why previous
generations might be a little concerned
about the economic decision making of
Millennials but today I am here to
explain the method behind the economic
madness during these times that I
affectionately call the Millennial age
of data it is my theory that Millennials
are evolving and adapting to their
changing economic environment by
integrating the traditional physical
system of capitalism into a less
physical new digital one combining the
disciplines of neuroscience and history
we will examine the stigmatized behavior
of Millennials as a Darwin ik neural
response triggered by the current
economic environment so great right but
we have a definition of economy but how
does neuroscience and history come into
play okay great well previous
generations always say that history
repeats itself so defined in this way
one could say that people could share
the same skills and decision-making
therefore an economic environment could
be considered an indicator of what the
great majority of that society believes
is valuable at the time the study of how
we measure these decisions and why
people make these decisions
it’s called narrow economics but wait
but wait Billy how does the economy act
as a catalyst for millennial evolution
well it is my belief that Millennials
are evolving and these technical
difficulties man as a millennial I’m
very unimpressed let’s go back it is my
belief that Millennials are more
receptive to consumerism due to the
abundance of technology that allows them
to create more passive income as
producers as producers with surplus
their ability to consume is increased
creating a favorable environment for
suggestibility and an even better market
for technology now with this said I
don’t believe that Millennials are the
first generation that this has happened
to I do believe that they are more
heavily scrutinized because the media in
general these days is less sensor than
in previous generations so to make this
talk is unbiased for all parties
involved we are going to focus on a
concept that is familiar to everyone in
the room I would think American history
right with a show of hands how many
people are are familiar with this
concept manifest destiny oh cool yeah if
you’re not don’t fret don’t worry as a
matter of fact we’ll jump right in we’ll
dive right in to the concept manifest
destiny in the Millennial age of data
both have one central thing both
encouraging individual economic
opportunity and the gain of territory
manifest destiny is defined as the 19th
century doctrine or belief that the
expansion
the United States throughout the
American continents was both inevitable
and justified it is defined by two major
things the California Gold Rush of 18-49
California Gold Rush of 18-49 came to an
end
leading to a population increase that
ended up leading to the construction of
railroads and railroads rose and
steamships during this time period the
Pacific Railroad now known as the
Transcontinental Railroad was built to
connect the East and West parts of the
United States in comparison the
Millennial age of data is defined as a
period in human history characterized by
a shift from the traditional practice
based on industrialization to a shift to
a more millennial economy based on
technology and information so with a
multibillion-dollar purchasing power it
isn’t hard to see that we’ve kind of
accomplished individual Economic
Opportunity but when you look at
technological innovations such as
applications or apps for short you can
see that we have created a technology
wherein the consumer can connect with
specific people and markets of their
choice just as the Transcontinental
Railroad allow the facilitation of goods
people and services from different parts
of the country to another with that said
we also have gained territory but in a
more unconventional sense of the word
territory attempting to colonize the
ones and zeros of the internet we
Millennials have created and are
gravitating heavily towards a
self-sufficient more digital market a
defining characteristic of this market
is going viral virility in this sense is
the establishment of familiarity right
so an unknown group at a constantly
accelerating rate with the best
practices eliciting strong emotional
responses such as at those logos and
pathos
the producers used this to brand their
product and sell them to others in
addition the interconnectedness of the
internet also leads to a increased
consumer base this consumer base is
maintained by customer satisfaction
which is maintained throughout constant
communication and mass exchange of
information and once this customer
satisfaction is maintaining long-term it
becomes customer loyalty once it becomes
customer loyalty it facilitates the
mental colonization of the consumer base
by their own producer that’s why you
think about him so much now I know it
seems far-fetched but I assure you it
can be explained by a natural occurrence
in the brain that is also explained by
Hipps theory of associative learning dr.
Donald Hill the neuropsychologist said
that neurons that fire together wire
together with this said he stated that
every experience physical sensation
emotion and thought triggers thousands
of neurons which build a neural network
now thinking about this one could really
believably compare the neural network to
the social networks of the internet so
now you’re probably thinking well is
there a problem with the way things are
or or what’s the purpose of mental
colonization is there a purpose for it
okay well to answer both of those
questions yes and our current economy
the middle class is expected to shrink
have not be completely consumed by the
subsequently the traditional market is
becoming oversaturated in markets such
as the white collar market which is
projected to create a distinct line
between the two remaining socio-economic
classes causing a crude example of the
half
like so and Millennials well we like to
have we don’t like to be have nots so
well genexus and baby boomers see
self-entitlement we see unexplored
opportunity in a traditional market that
is currently projected to actually limit
the economic advancement of its people
so with this said we opted out of
developing traditional skills and we
opted into brain dumping so what is
brain dumping well brain dumping is
sacrificing one skill for another skill
that helps you be more efficient in that
same environment Millennials do this by
sacrificing traditional skills and then
improving ones that they see will
benefit their own personal economic path
so diving deeper into this concept of
the virtual economy you would think that
a skill such as evolving or learning how
to use multiple skill sets would be
favorable in an environment where the
consumer base is learning information
just as quickly as the producer so okay
freezy now that we know of that we can
now confidently
go into how the minds of Millennials
actually complement the traditional
economy and bring in or facilitate the
new era of economy brought in by
Millennials some studies argue that the
Millennial is changing they are
exchanging the comprehensive reading and
speaking for texting and web surfing in
term some studies argue that this
affects the the lobes the loves that are
heavily indicated in communication such
the cerebellum and the parietal lobe the
same study goes on to suggest that the
excessive use of technology also
atrophies or shrinks the outermost or
bark of the brain making it difficult
for Millennials to process information
and the study concludes on a on a very
depressing and sad note saying that we
are basically unfit for our environment
because we’re different and we interact
with the people and their environment
and like previous generations but is
that a bad thing I mean what if it isn’t
what if it’s actually an evolutionary
response create it by collaboration and
amassing large amounts of information
and storing them through digital
interconnectedness reinforced by newer
stronger neural ties so my continuing
point is that Millennials are actually
the the horrible decisions they make
actually is their evolutionary positives
right that facilitate an ADD and boost
to the the stability of our current
economy so with this said while neural
ties may be broken and why may be
difficult to process information alone
maybe we do it together maybe you know
maybe we can’t hold different jobs maybe
we haven’t picked a career because we
know there’s economic freedom and
flexibility maybe we don’t have a
savings account because we haven’t
figured out how far we want to set the
bar but it should be noted that as we
are being critiqued for our personal
developments we are evolving as
multitaskers consumers of complex
information and collaborators so Gen
Xers baby boomers
don’t criticize us help us help us
during these times that we are bringing
in I only ask that you are open-minded
and tolerant of our views as we arts of
yours please be a part of the new
economy that is both inevitable and
justified justified that we are all
going to live in give yourselves a round
of applause for being so open-minded
thank you [Applause]