I've been taught in this glorious information age the power in personal choice results from awareness. To remove apathy, apply belief to action. Like other twenty-somethings, researching the job market, rehashing my resume and reinforcing my outlook on life brings me constantly to the edge of possibility. This period of transition tires me, and succumbing to apathy, like one long glorious nap, seems attractive. I'll admit I slack between my various stages of future-readiness.
Addiction resembles apathy when escape replaces reality.
It is the same thing. Withdrawal and non-participation are clever rationalizations of apathy. Reinventing apathy as the Slacker lifestyle may seem like a solution to society spinning out of control. But slacking becomes a sinkhole. Society may be spinning out of control, but at least out is a direction.