Still, maybe millennials are narcissists. Are we are a generation of Raskolnikovs, Dostoyevsky’s famous narcissist who believes the ordinary rules of society and morality do not apply to him, and justifies murder that way? Or are we a generation of moral entrepreneurs—old people are comfortable thinking of us as entrepreneurs only when the innovations have to do with the Internet—who to an unprecedented extent were raised to question received wisdom and values and now do not think the rules apply to us because they are bad rules? I think it is more the latter. Another thing millennials are not, Stein argues, is rebellious, but moral entrepreneurship sounds pretty rebellious to me. (And if you are wondering, Occupy Wall Street is mentioned once, inappositely grouped with the Arab Spring as futile, leaderless rebellions.)

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…The number-one-champion frequently-asked-question they asked me was, ‘‘How is the book doing?’’ The honest answer to this is, ‘‘We’ll know in two to six months.’’ I mean, yes, ‘Homeland’ was on the NYT bestseller list for four weeks, on the Indiebound bestseller list for three, and still carries a satisfyingly high Amazon salesrank, but none of this tells you anything particularly useful

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(I do find it bizarre, however, that the Tony nominating committee included “Mary” in the best play category without recognizing Ms. Shaw’s performance; take away the performance and the production consists of a vulture and an odd assortment of props. Go figure.)

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