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With blistering prose and all-too vivid reporting, Petersen lays bare the burnout and despair of millennials, while also charting a path to a world where members of her generation can feel as if the boot has been removed from their necks.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEsquire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn analytically precise, deeply empathic book about the psychic toll modern capitalism has taken on those shaped by it. \u003cem\u003eCan't Even \u003c\/em\u003eis essential to understanding our age, and ourselves.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Ezra Klein, \u003cem\u003eVox\u003c\/em\u003e co-founder and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy We're Polarized\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials--the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it, and the need for drastic change\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Do you feel like your life is an endless to-do list? Do you find yourself mindlessly scrolling through Instagram because you're too exhausted to pick up a book? Are you mired in debt, or feel like you work all the time, or feel pressure to take whatever gives you joy and turn it into a monetizable hustle? Welcome to burnout culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While burnout may seem like the default setting for the modern era, in \u003cem\u003eCan't Even\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, BuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e culture writer and former academic Anne Helen Petersen argues that burnout is a definitional condition for the millennial generation, born out of distrust in the institutions that have failed us, the unrealistic expectations of the modern workplace, and a sharp uptick in anxiety and hopelessness exacerbated by the constant pressure to \"perform\" our lives online. 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