<p>The older generation has always found something to criticize in the younger, as if this was a new phenomenon. Thus was it ever.</p>
<p>To me it depends on what one means by “grown up”. </p>
<p>For much of the history of the human race it meant following a blue print and entering it lock step.</p>
<p>It takes longer to grow up today because there are so many more tasks too complete.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is anything we can do about this unless we create a simpler economy in which it is easy to get a job to scrape together the money for rent.</p>
<p>I <em>do</em> think the article makes sense when it critiques the educational system (and I am an educator.) It’s true the we recycle the same information in an endless loop with only a slight increase in complexity at each junction.</p>