Agree the article is naive (and a bit trite too); of course that's the attraction. Rebellion is the attitude of youth. It's not only harder to keep it up later

Agree the article is naive (and a bit trite too); of course that's the attraction. Rebellion is the attitude of youth. It's not only harder to keep it up later in life, but with the addition of perspective it all seems far less necessary or even meaningful. If you think about it carefully, you'll probably find that you (like myself) are the establishment, to a fair degree ;) But there's no reason one can't keep taking measured risks. Speaking for myself, some of my goals and dreams involve an element of risk. What really frightens me is spending the next 10 or 20 years being a slave to convention, toeing the line so I can be 100% sure of meeting all my obligations, all the while dying on the inside and letting down myself - and those I love - in a different way.