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Oversocialization, the Shackles of the Millennial Generation

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Uncle Ted was right about this one

Many times in the past, I've referred to an ongoing mystery, a strange and seemingly growing social condition that genuinely confuses me: why are so many of the people who should be the most confident in our society among the most insecure instead? What I mean is that, if you look at 21st century definitions of success, you'd imagine that they'd definitely people with degrees from fancy colleges who live in enviable urban enclaves and who have steady work in creatively or intellectually stimulating fields and are, if not affluent already, then at least on a professional path likely to result…

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