Exactly mate, "each generation always surpasses the previous one, it's one of the neverending circles of life"... so all you have to do is become an even bigger pain in the a$$ than he is and he'll back off.
You could always bring up the fact that; Bill Gates, Steve Jobbs, and Brian Kernighan were all considered black sheep in their family. Their parent's told them to be more like their brothers/sisters/cousins but they ignored them... now they are some of the most successful people in the world, and their brothers/sisters/cousins/parents are mooching off of them.
Doing what your parents say is
sometimes a good thing, but being an individual is
always a good thing.