It's okay to me if you disagree with the concept that you'll learn these things with age. I don't think it's condescending for me to think this. I am sure there are people of all ages who are wiser than me, and that I could be wrong in what I am confident about today. If you are confident in your beliefs, go ahead and believe that you're right and I'm wrong. But if you're offended by my statements, I think you're not that confident in your beliefs.
On the plasticity of human nature, here are a few of the many unfortunate things that will never be excised from human nature: self-absorption, self-deception, groupthink, dehumanization of the outgroup.
Culture can modulate the expression of these things, and if we're lucky, mitigate them somewhat. But they never quite go away. They always find a way to manifest themselves. And it is the people who think they've transcended these things who are most at risk of indulging in their worst excesses.
If you don't recognize the durable aspects of human nature, you're setting yourself up to be at best a dupe and a mark, and at worst a monster.