Ah, millennials. Golden children of the Digital Age or dysfunctional, over-educated slackers? Bit of both, says Anne Helen Petersen, although it might be more a case of an author who is unable to make up her mind. In the first part of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, she recounts how many millennials – and she is one, although at 38 she is at the older end of the spectrum – have great difficulty in doing basic things, such as paying bills or finding a dentist.
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