I tend to be really careful with this generational judgement.

I'm 30 myself and I find a lot about my parents' generations to be good and naturally a lot bad things as well.

Now I'm frequently really tired of my generation (Gen Y, I guess) and, surprisingly, find recently that I'm really hopeful about Gen Z. They're like more polished version of us. Maybe it's an effect of growing up in post-financial-crisis world.

Nah, they just haven't had the time and opportunity to gain and abuse power, or to become disillusioned. They'll be just as questionable as ourselves when they're our age. In different ways.

Socrates famously complained about the lack of the youth's manners and respect.