Plus: Also on Aeon this week ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Saturday 6 September 2025
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Essay / Childhood and adolescencE
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Youths around the world are in a profound crisis of despair. Adults must help them to believe that the future will be better
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Carol Graham
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Also on Aeon this week
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Essay / Future of technology
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Philip Ball
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Essay / Animals and humans
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Jay Griffiths
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Video / Cities
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Directed by Hiroshi Kondo
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When we seek a definite identity, we betray our true nature as fundamentally fluid and indeterminate
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Alexander Douglas, senior lecturer in philosophy and the author of Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self (2025)
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Read the Essay
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