It's not anti-intellectualism -- it's complete and utter lack of knowledge transfer, coupled with young people's spirit being dampened by established practices

It's not anti-intellectualism -- it's complete and utter lack of knowledge transfer, coupled with young people's spirit being dampened by established practices that are 50% reasonable, 50% bullshit. This, piled on with subtle ageism, ensures that any useful lessons learned will only be learned by the time it's too late, and there's a new group of can-do people who feel stifled by the combined wisdom of the ages, so they break off and do their own thing. I wrote about this here [1] with nicer language. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13022926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13022926