If he seemed older than he was, it was because he was letting go of one of the things that defines youth: hope. “The smartest minds of our generation are either buying or selling stocks or predicting if you’ll click on an ad,” he said. “This is the tragedy of our generation.” The effect of the tragedy had been to shrink his ambition. He was thinkin

But today there is something far more ominous, which is the fear of youth’s disorientation.

capitalism brings with it a massive desacralization of culture.