Emerson was a notorious freethinker, unburdened by the conventions of his time. He was basically a walking middle finger to the dumb traditions and sheeplike thinking that held people back. If he were alive today, he would be appalled at the educational uniformity, technological distraction, and immediate gratification that keep our most ambitious young people anesthetized and unable to find their life's meaning. He saw a version of the problem in his own time, in fact, and wrote a long essay called "Self-Reliance" on how, in seven steps, to rebel against the psychogenic epidemic.
-Arthur C. Brooks, The Meaning of Your Life
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