[MostExtremeCake]

Why is the author so angry that people in college experiment with radical ideology? Is that a new thing? Why are PDF e-books bad? Why is the economic collapse in quotes and "so-called"?

The only actual philosophy the author ascribes to the dipsters seems to be that they care more about "appearing" than "being", but that's not a new criticism for a new time. It's basically the main theme in The Society of the Spectacle, and that was written in 67.

What am I supposed to do with the information in this article?

[WalterSear]

Gnash your teeth mainly. I suppose you could also "[run] around at parties trying to change the world, blindly threatening violence against the “status quo” with protests and false threats of violence." Or blog about it.