A troubling new trend suggests that instead of being an adult, it is sufficient “to adult” when necessary—that is, to undertake what responsible adults do: pay the bills, control one’s temper, etc. Once the often unpleasant tasks have been accomplished, the role of adult can be cast aside, to be reassumed at a later time. But there must come a time when we put aside “childish ways,” as St. Paul admonishes. Only in laying aside our “I” and embracing the good of the other, wholly and selflessly, can we reach human maturity. This issue takes up the theme of adulthood and the current coming-of-age crisis.
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Book Reviews
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Outsourcing Empathy? Why Alexa Is Not Up To the Task by Colet C. Bostick
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Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
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On Exiting Neverland: Ben Sasse's *The Vanishing American Adult* by Melanie Danner
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Ben Sasse, The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-reliance
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Why You Won't Grow Up At College by Caitlin Dwyer
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Greg and Jonathan Haidt Lukianoff, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
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Acedia: Darkness at Noon by Dawn Eden Goldstein
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Jean-Charles Nault, The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times
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R.J. Snell, Acedia and Its Discontents: Metaphysical Boredom in an Empire of Desire
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Adulthood vs. Modern "Adulting" by Alyssa Grasinski
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Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps
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What Gamers Are Really After by Karl MacMillan
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Ernest Cline, Ready Player One
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