This article originally appeared on Tonic. “Awkward people see the world differently than non-awkward people,” Ty Tashiro, a psychologist and academic, writes in the opening pages of his new book, ...

I tend to view anyone between the ages of 14 to 26 as being part of the "Awkward Generation." While I may be more awkward than most, everyone my age has encountered greater social hurdles than anyone ...