We're continuing our investigation of what the junk happened to Millennials! Did you know that in a competitive economic system, a class-differentiated ideology of temporarily-embarrassed-superstardom will emerge in which parents cope with the material consequences of dwindling Good Life Outcomes by fantasizing about their child becoming the most important goober in the universe? Well it's true! What happens when an intergenerational star search passes over everyone but the most networked few? Well, let's just say it makes for some incredibly overworked, anxious, and unsocialized children whose first adult experience is learning that they are, in fact, significantly less talented than their parents let on. We didn't give ourselves all those got-dang gold stars! And I thank my lucky stars that I threw my child-sized violin out the window at the age of six. It was the best decision I ever made. It's chapter 5 of Kids These Days!

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(00:24:02) The Discussion Zone

Our book is Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris. Pick up a copy from the publisher ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and read along with the pod!

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