We Are All the Burnout Generation

Fueled by uncertainty and envy, burnout is a condition that is both uniquely human and profoundly misunderstood

Zander Nethercutt
Forge
Published in
10 min readMay 22, 2020

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Approximately 11,000 years ago, the Irish elk roamed the land we now call Siberia. I like to think of their story as a parable for understanding the burnout epidemic.

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Zander Nethercutt
Forge
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