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[SEQ RERUN] Against Maturity

3 Post author: MinibearRex 05 March 2013 06:06AM

Today's post, Against Maturity was originally published on 18 February 2009. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

 

Dividing the world up into "childish" and "mature" is not a useful way to think.


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Comments (2)

Comment author: Trevor_Blake 05 March 2013 03:39:03PM *  2 points [-]

"We learn to walk and speak in childhood, and nobody regards these as childish activities." - George Walford, Beyond Politics 1990

Comment author: Decius 08 March 2013 12:47:18AM 0 points [-]

Reminds me of the xkcd "because we're adults, and it's our turn to determine what that means."