Posted: Jun 24, 2019 9:24 pm
I think "meaningless", "subjective" and "purely cultural" all mean very different things.
Only one of them applies to the concept of being an adult - subjectivity, and that only to the extent it applies to many other concepts like beauty or intelligence. More of a Sorites paradox than a genuine problem.
I would strongly suspect that whatever complaints are made under the rubric of the current generations not growing up are not strictly related to concepts like age of consent, age of electoral competence, minimum wage laws or the like, but rather are directed at people's attitudes, choices of financial independence, living arrangements and the like. More hikikomori than paranormal.
Only one of them applies to the concept of being an adult - subjectivity, and that only to the extent it applies to many other concepts like beauty or intelligence. More of a Sorites paradox than a genuine problem.
I would strongly suspect that whatever complaints are made under the rubric of the current generations not growing up are not strictly related to concepts like age of consent, age of electoral competence, minimum wage laws or the like, but rather are directed at people's attitudes, choices of financial independence, living arrangements and the like. More hikikomori than paranormal.