In an economic marketplace (at least in theory), the prices of goods and services are emergent.
Market forces determine the relative worth of a product or service through a larger conversation about value, scarcity, transaction costs…
This recent piece in the New York Times (written by a woman) on why ‘guys’ have more relationship value than ‘men’ really has me thinking:
Guys are often in between things like jobs and houses, which means they’re more likely to stay up with you all night, drinking wine and playing gin rummy. They’ll rub your belly. They’ll lick chocolate off it. They’ll like your cute little dog. A guy is never going to shoot Old Yeller in the woods.
Then again, guys don’t remember to tell you the doctor’s office called. They don’t check your tires before your big trip. They don’t say, “Call me when you get there.” They say, “Love you, have fun,” because they can’t imagine anything bad happening to you.
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Jeffrey Arnett, a developmental psychologist at Clark University, coined the term “emerging adult” to describe folks who straddle an extended adolescence.
I’m starting to wonder if it’s useful to consider adulthood an emergent aspect of the cultural marketplace.
I think all the buzz about childmen after this article dropped speaks to that possiblity.
As both economic and cultural institutional currency drops and we move into a more networked-entrepreneurial economic (and eventually cultural) paradigm, I’m curious how much traction an apologetic for the childman might have…how popular ‘guys’ may become.
I don’t think they’re (we’re?) going anywhere.
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