I can think of 2 reasons very quickly - #1, the brain is far more capable and plastic and active in adolescence than it is in adulthood or later. #2, human bei

I can think of 2 reasons very quickly - #1, the brain is far more capable and plastic and active in adolescence than it is in adulthood or later. #2, human beings have a finite lifespan. If you wish to get further than others, you have to surpass their development at all stages. Until we can change biology, no one is going to have a brain that works better than an adolescent, that's just how we evolved.