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This isn't the strongest case for the statement (entirely based on media to represent public will). But let's assume he's right (media is probably a close enoug

This isn't the strongest case for the statement (entirely based on media to represent public will). But let's assume he's right (media is probably a close enough proxy)... What's interesting to think about is that not everyone is failing to become an adult. I'll assert that a big difference between a 'responsible' adult behavior and childish behavior is delaying gratification and getting the outcome you want. If many people are acting like children now, the few that are acting like adults are going to run circles around them. Perhaps the people acting like children don't realize that they're still under heavy selective pressure, just from the 0.1% and not from nature?

ChuckMcM 12y ago
Your speculation presupposes that 'adults' will be more successful than 'non-adults'. It is an interesting experiment, and everyone who is raising kids is participating in it, I think it is too early to guess on which will be the people in control of the knobs next.
angersock 12y ago
For those that to become adults in your scenario, though, the societal markers are stacked heavily against them. Delayed gratification could be something like financial independence, right? How does that square with the heavy push that one should become indebted to others (via credit or loans or what-have-you)?