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OPINION: Gen Y's legacy - the age of entitlement


Personal responsibility has diminished as the nanny state takes over

Jacqueline Rowarth
Sat, 27 Sep 2014

OPINION

The more one has, the more one wants. Apparently, anyway. This is because more doesn’t satisfy for very long. 

The phenomenon is termed “hedonic adaptation” and refers to the fact that people quickly become used to changes, whether good or bad, to maintain a stable level of

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Jacqueline Rowarth
Sat, 27 Sep 2014
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