From Hustle Culture to Burnout Nation: Why Gen Z Isn’t Lazy—They’re Exhausted

They’ve been called entitled, lazy, and too sensitive. But what if Gen Z is just living through a broken system that’s glorified burnout and made hustle a religion? In this episode of The Bearded Signal, host JP Dunphy dismantles the myth of the lazy generation. From the death of the American Dream to skyrocketing mental health crises, we explore why this generation is opting out of grind culture—and what that really says about the society that raised them.