>> making people more fragile, more precious, more incapable of coping with the most basic expectations of disappointments or adversity on the job. I think tha

>> making people more fragile, more precious, more incapable of coping with the most basic expectations of disappointments or adversity on the job. I think that is an unintended (hopefully) consequence of companies' reward metrics for employees and the associated achievement culture in the US. If you are hiring high achievers and telling them to care about X, Y, and Z then don't act surprised when they notice and complain about blemishes on either X, Y, or Z.