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Teenagers didn't exist in the 19th century...
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"Both the term 'teen' and 'adolescent' were invented in the early 20th century. We didn't even use to have concepts for these..." ~ Michael Strong Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/lets-get-socratical-ep-252 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJB2vFmIcg
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The Lost Agency of Youth
Michael Strong discusses the historical context of adolescence, emphasizing that the concepts of 'teen' and 'adolescent' were only coined in the early 20th century. He highlights how traditional cultures recognized the agency of young people through rites of passage, such as hunting, and contrasts this with modern society's tendency to deprive youth of responsibility and agency due to compulsory education.
"I'm a big believer that I agency is the norm for Humanity just going back to traditional cultures around the world at puberty there was a right of passage and the young man was supposed to go out and ..."