• nednobbins@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The funny thing is that your elders said exactly the same thing to their elders. It was a member of the “silent generation” (pre-boomer) who coined the phrase, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Even when those elders told them that their elders (great elders?) told them the same thing your elders didn’t believe their elders either.

    The flip side is that many of your elders, who realized that their elders didn’t have all the answers now think that they have all the answers.

    Smart money says that your generation will do exactly what all the other generations did; Do a lot of youthful rebellion against the obviously stupid stuff from previous generations, mix in rebellion against a bunch of stuff that’s actually not stupid, discover nuance, strive for a system that combines the best elements of the past with the best ideas of the present, fail, get jaded, forget about nuance, assume that you have all the answers, get frustrated that your kids are making obvious mistakes that you’ve told them how to avoid.