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I'm 26 and still don't care about the past. Not old by any means, but I've matured past the point of teenage epherism I like to think. I just believe that nosta
by bleachedsleet 8y ago
I'm 26 and still don't care about the past. Not old by any means, but I've matured past the point of teenage epherism I like to think. I just believe that nostalgia is one of the banes of humanity as a species that holds us back. We should learn from the past, not pine for it. My first experiences with computers was at the age of four on a Windows 95 machine and while there's little things I fondly remember from the early days, there's nothing I yearn for. I certainly don't care to preserve it beyond fleeting recollections in history books. As long as we aren't discarding the past completely and repeating mistakes previously solved I see no reason to hold on to it. I don't care about Geocities or meticulously crafted Myspace profiles anymore than I care about the stagecoach or telegraph.
- headsoup 8y agoIs there anything you deeply care about currently? Are you optimistic everything in the future brings improvement? While it may seem irrational for people to pine for past things like internet sites/services, it is not the service itself, but the experience and environment it was consumed in. I guarantee you will pine for some things in your future, because some experiences or parts of your environment now are likely better than similar things at a future point.