"The Trap"

Do you know about Daniel Brook's new book, "The Trap"? If not, here's an introduction and web-chat sponsored by Firedoglake.

To summarize: Brook states that the reason for supposed "apathy" on the part of 20- and 30-somethings in America is found in the crushing debt-loads that most of them accumulate via college. Pursuing one's dreams, be they activism or art or really anything BUT law or investment banking, requires a level of personal sacrifice that scares most people off.

And, having gone through it myself, I say "rightly so."