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Someday these old fuckers who are ruining our world will die. Then maybe there will be thoughtful progress of humanity.

by blunte 10y ago

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dagw 10y ago
But then you will be the old fucker completely out of touch with the strange stuff the kids are into these days and the lame things they worry about.
- xyzzy4 10y ago
  Not necessarily. Technological progress seems to be slowing.
  - jacquesm 10y ago
    > Technological progress seems to be slowing. Comedy gold. Really? How long ago since you thought 'mail' was something a guy carried for you? How long ago since you thought a phone should be wired to a wall? How long before that when you thought a computer was something that banks used?
    - ouid 10y ago
      How long since the last time a major technology was invented that changed how you live your day to day? When that happened, how long had it been since the previous one? I bet the first number is bigger than the second number.
      - raisedbyninjas 10y ago
        1. The smartphone (iphone 2007) 2. The internet (early 1990s)
        jacquesm 10y ago
        The internet, 70's & 80's, the web, 90's. It's fairly well established that inventing things gets easier when there are other things that you can build on top of.
        ouid 10y ago
        what about cellphones? Laptops? GPS? You can't just pick two things. Being thorough here is hard.
  - benburleson 10y ago
    Really? I just see it getting faster and faster.
- bardworx 10y ago
  As I've gotten older, I keep thinking about that; How will I look upon new advancement and things my kids are excited about. Will I be an "old fucker", attempting to slow down progress because it doesn't make sense? Certainly, my generation will have a different view growing up in the "internet age" but how different will we look from present day conservatives? I hope I stay open minded for a long time and never disregard anything because it's new but only time will tell.
  - jquery 10y ago
    > Nobody has to use the Internet Ridiculous! These Congresscritters are completely out of touch! > Nobody has to use Google Well, you see, you can use DuckDuckGo, stop pretending Google is a necessity. (Actual Hacker News argument, by the people who are "with it" and "in touch" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989078 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989078)
- raisedbyninjas 10y ago
  We've grown up with change and expecting change every year. This old fucker was eligible for AARP by the time AOL offered internet service. Most elderly, especially conservative elderly hold a more static mindset than those born in the modern era.
cschep 10y ago
isn't the wise thing to do consider what WE will think as "not required" when we are old though? :)
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Someday these old fuckers who are ruining our world will die. Then maybe there will be thoughtful progress of humanity.

by blunte 10y ago

Someday these old fuckers who are ruining our world will die. Then maybe there will be thoughtful progress of humanity.

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dagw 10y ago

But then you will be the old fucker completely out of touch with the strange stuff the kids are into these days and the lame things they worry about.

xyzzy4 10y ago
Not necessarily. Technological progress seems to be slowing.
- jacquesm 10y ago
  > Technological progress seems to be slowing. Comedy gold. Really? How long ago since you thought 'mail' was something a guy carried for you? How long ago since you thought a phone should be wired to a wall? How long before that when you thought a computer was something that banks used?
  - ouid 10y ago
    How long since the last time a major technology was invented that changed how you live your day to day? When that happened, how long had it been since the previous one? I bet the first number is bigger than the second number.
    - raisedbyninjas 10y ago
      1. The smartphone (iphone 2007) 2. The internet (early 1990s)
      - jacquesm 10y ago
        The internet, 70's & 80's, the web, 90's. It's fairly well established that inventing things gets easier when there are other things that you can build on top of.
      - ouid 10y ago
        what about cellphones? Laptops? GPS? You can't just pick two things. Being thorough here is hard.
- benburleson 10y ago
  Really? I just see it getting faster and faster.
bardworx 10y ago
As I've gotten older, I keep thinking about that; How will I look upon new advancement and things my kids are excited about. Will I be an "old fucker", attempting to slow down progress because it doesn't make sense? Certainly, my generation will have a different view growing up in the "internet age" but how different will we look from present day conservatives? I hope I stay open minded for a long time and never disregard anything because it's new but only time will tell.
- jquery 10y ago
  > Nobody has to use the Internet Ridiculous! These Congresscritters are completely out of touch! > Nobody has to use Google Well, you see, you can use DuckDuckGo, stop pretending Google is a necessity. (Actual Hacker News argument, by the people who are "with it" and "in touch" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989078 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13989078)
raisedbyninjas 10y ago
We've grown up with change and expecting change every year. This old fucker was eligible for AARP by the time AOL offered internet service. Most elderly, especially conservative elderly hold a more static mindset than those born in the modern era.

cschep 10y ago

isn't the wise thing to do consider what WE will think as "not required" when we are old though? :)

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