An entire generation is often summed up in two words: Avocado Toast. An Australian commentator criticized millennials for blowing house downpayment money on brunch, and the label has stuck. But millennials are far more complicated. They grew up at a time of rapid political, technological and cultural change. Bloomberg News reporter Charlie Wells comes to the defense of his generation as they reach midlife, still caught between hope and reality. His new book is called, What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation.