It takes a long time to learn enough and accumulate enough experience to have a high chance of doing something new. Not saying you can't do it young since many

It takes a long time to learn enough and accumulate enough experience to have a high chance of doing something new. Not saying you can't do it young since many obviously do, but this doesn't surprise me at all. I also think that youthful rebellion is a bit of a myth. The youth often rebel how, against, and in the ways they are told to rebel by elder philosophers and polemicists. It also often takes a lifetime to genuinely critique your culture in a way that is truly incisive. I think Tim Leary was joking about this with "don't trust anyone over 40." He was over 40.