My generation’s worst habits are finally being put under the magnifying glass. Social media addiction is getting national attention, from the surgeon general of the United States advising a warning label, to some of the biggest school districts in the country straight-up banning children from using cellphones during the school day. From the older end of the age spectrum come countless think pieces and journalistic exposés highlighting the moral and political bankruptcy of my generation’s seeming obsession with activism, from blocking traffic as a means to keep the earth from getting warmer to chanting “Hamas make us proud” to achieve the racially less volatile version of America many of us say we want.
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