[King of Snake]

I think that generalising a complete generation is hardly a sound foundation upon which to have an argument about ethics or connections between people. Usually such sweeping generalisations are made by people who do not belong to the generation which they are describing and undoubtedly when they themselves were college students, the generation before them had a negative generalising nickname for them too. Certainly you could argue that people have become more individualistic (in developed countries) but then the collectivism of the past was hardly often something that was pushed on people anyway (by the state, the church for instance). I think liberalism and freedom for the individual is a great thing, even if not everyone uses this freedom in the best or most positive way.