Reality Bites is a gen X classic where the only real enemies are capitalism and inauthenticity | Culture

Reality Bites is a gen X classic where the only real enemies are capitalism and inauthenticity | Culture

YoIt appears each era has produced its personal cohort of overeducated twentysomethings who are stranded between promise and actuality, and routinely dismissed as lazy or gradual growers. Ben Stiller’s 90s romcom Reality Bites captured that enduring state of uncertainty, artistic ambition and emotional drift with a distinctly gen X really feel, when the only real…

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Despite degrees being slammed as ‘useless’ by Gen Z, data shows graduates have had the lowest unemployment rate of anyone for the last 20 years

Despite degrees being slammed as ‘useless’ by Gen Z, data shows graduates have had the lowest unemployment rate of anyone for the last 20 years

Gen Z and millennials alike have been writing off their degrees as nugatory. And it isn’t onerous to see why: Entry-level company jobs have been slashed, promotions are “peanuts“, and the new wave of younger millionaires are trade workers turned business owners and AI entrepreneurs. But really, graduates are nonetheless the least more likely to…

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