The funny part is you could easily accelerate the figuring out part by doing some life stories. You could help kids figure out what they want out of life by giving them case stories about other people's lives as accurately as possible.

Instead none of that knowledge or relationship skills are taught in schools. Instead they teach mostly useless technical skills, harass kids in physical education, allow a small percentage participation in sports, give a little information about having sex... and send them on their merry way to trial and error.

Society priories are as screwed as they were in religious-based ideologies. Instead of it being about God it is now all about production and consumption. Not how to know what you want out of life and how to get it.

Many people who are on the accelerated path end up losers in the game of life just as many who get their own their own time.