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I am bloody sick of that troll Nicholas Carr. Couldn't have put it better myself. He really thinks he's good at being reductive. cursing that the young people
by sabat 16y ago
I am bloody sick of that troll Nicholas Carr.
Couldn't have put it better myself. He really thinks he's good at being reductive.
cursing that the young people today don't know how easy they've got it
Every generation is sure that these young kids today, with their hair and their clothes, just don't appreciate how hard things used to be. Every generation is wrong about that, of course.
- edanm 16y ago"Every generation is sure that these young kids today, with their hair and their clothes, just don't appreciate how hard things used to be. Every generation is wrong about that, of course." Funny anecdote: for years, my father kept telling me that "when he was a kid, we called our father sir". Made sense, until one day I read a book in which the character's father complained of the exact same thing, but the book was written in 1900.
- Qz 16y agoEvery generation is wrong about that, of course. Actually, they're right -- it's just that in the grand scheme of things, how much easier we have it today than the last generation, is insignificant compared to how hard life is in general. We do have it better, but it doesn't make us dumber because the world still needs smart people to keep it going.
- sabat 16y agoMeh. I'm old enough to have been aware of what things were difficult for the previous generation and how they're easier now. And: there are new things that we have to deal with that the previous generation could never have conceived. In my experience, life never gets easier; it just changes.
- lsd5you 16y agoEvery generation is wrong about that, of course. Since you've proved it with your powers of induction. Not saying that you are wrong about the next generation, but you might be.
- sabat 16y agoBlogga please.