What a great find! Like reading his work, listening to him talk is both entertaining and thought-provoking. One bit I don't quite get is the sadness/lost/lonel

What a great find! Like reading his work, listening to him talk is both entertaining and thought-provoking. One bit I don't quite get is the sadness/lost/loneliness that he posits plagues Generation X (in response to the first caller at around the 19:00 mark). At least among the people in my circles, everyone seems grateful for how good we have it compared to past generations. Are there problems and iniquities that need to be addressed? Of course. But from where we stand, looking back, we've come a long way. I'll admit that's a bit of a truism, as DFW would say, but I certainly don't think "sadness" characterizes the zeitgeist of Gen X.