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I think it's simpler than that, as you get older you recognize patterns, and you then associate those patterns to things, negative or positive. I see this with

by ldehaan 11y ago

I think it's simpler than that, as you get older you recognize patterns, and you then associate those patterns to things, negative or positive. I see this with myself and people who are aging with me, we have so much to do as we get older that we have automated thinking around certain subjects. I think the younger people lack this conditioning to things as they are and can see better methodologies for approaching the situation. But we old farts have created our pattern and understand it, and so block the young from testing their theories, in a small community this would be a fairly ideal situation, but when scaled to countries, it's slow and inefficient. We need a more scalable thought process when it comes to large scale humanities.

ams6110 11y ago
You also see younger people getting excited about ideas that you recognize are really not new, and since you know they have always failed in the past, you are skeptical. You also see cycles repeating themselves.
digi_owl 11y ago
That seems overly dismissive of experience, while overly optimistic regarding the creativity of youth. Way too many times the young dismiss existing conditions simply because they feel constrained by them, and lack the context for why said conditions came to be. End result is that they rebel against everything just because its there by (learned) reflex. Yes, as one grow older one fall into patterns. But i think quite a bit of it is because of the work pace of modern day rather than some condition of age. Edit: Again from personal experience, i have come to think that people need to experience something to really get it. So if you tell someone young that drinking is bad (in excess), they may or may not listen (and may just ignore you because you are old). But let them experience it under relatively controlled conditions, rather than some random binge hidden away somewhere, and maybe some synapses will connect up (and quite a few destroyed most likely) and the message will be received.

by ldehaan 11y ago

ams6110 11y ago

You also see younger people getting excited about ideas that you recognize are really not new, and since you know they have always failed in the past, you are skeptical. You also see cycles repeating themselves.

digi_owl 11y ago

That seems overly dismissive of experience, while overly optimistic regarding the creativity of youth. Way too many times the young dismiss existing conditions simply because they feel constrained by them, and lack the context for why said conditions came to be. End result is that they rebel against everything just because its there by (learned) reflex. Yes, as one grow older one fall into patterns. But i think quite a bit of it is because of the work pace of modern day rather than some condition of age. Edit: Again from personal experience, i have come to think that people need to experience something to really get it. So if you tell someone young that drinking is bad (in excess), they may or may not listen (and may just ignore you because you are old). But let them experience it under relatively controlled conditions, rather than some random binge hidden away somewhere, and maybe some synapses will connect up (and quite a few destroyed most likely) and the message will be received.