Nothing confirms the folly of today’s youth like their willingness to come to me for advice. I think I understand what is going on here. Because most columnists are, for want of a better euphemism, “distinguished”, I am mistaken for a youngster who can relate to Generation Z. I forever dread being roped into some kind of FT mentor scheme, where an intern and I clock-watch our way through meetings like a divorced father and his son on a weekend custody trip to Pizza Hut.
沒有什麼比向我尋求建議更能證明當今年輕人愚蠢了。我想我知道其中的原因。因爲大多數專欄作家是——在找不到更好的委婉說法的情況下——「傑出的」,所以我被誤認爲是可以與Z世代有共鳴的年輕人。我總是害怕被捲入英國《金融時報》的某種導師計劃——實習生和我一次又一次開會,而雙方都巴不得快點結束,就像一個離了婚的父親週末帶着兒子去必勝客(Pizza Hut)。