So many pretentious words strung together in this article and not a single one of them explaining exactly what the "need" is that he's referencing in the title "The West needs to grow up". It's one gigantic exercise in begging the question, that clearly the attitudes and values of the past were better and everything modern is "wrong".

This sort of stuff only seems profound if you already agree with the premise and are searching for validation of those beliefs. Otherwise it just sounds like your standard "Old Man Yells at Cloud Using Flowery Language".