A brilliant analysis by a Millennial of the economic and social forces at work over the past twenty years or so that created the environment which has shaped his generation's culture and outlook.
A very pointed examination of the role of corporate culture, economic individualism, and the every-man-for-himself ethos of the ruling oligarchy of the U.S. in shaping the stressful, isolated and alienated space we now occupy.
The book is well-divided into sections on various important shaping influences, starting with the mania around homework, moving through university, changes in the work environment, decline of social support networks, identity politics, pills and so on.
Not a hopeful book. At best 50/50 - he sees either fascism or rejection/revolution as the two alternate paths...
Worth rereading as there is a lot to absorb.
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