I liked all of this up until "They have bitten the forbidden fruit of experience and simply know too much to be awed by our mundane inanities. And so we shun th

I liked all of this up until "They have bitten the forbidden fruit of experience and simply know too much to be awed by our mundane inanities. And so we shun them. Because they have better boundaries and are mirrors that remind us of just how mortal we are ... the old are our neighbors whom we’ve come to despise ... We all grow old. And yet we all despise ourselves for doing it. Humans are a schizophrenic lot." The forbidden fruit of experience? I can be pretty slow when it comes to poetic imagery so I'm not sure what you're saying with that. It seems a stretch to say that people in their advanced years are "shunned" out of self-loathing and fear of our own mortality. Sure, it may be the case for some, but the majority? It's a poetic take on the situation but I suspect ageism is coming from somewhere else. Finally, how does all of this add up to humans being schizophrenic and what do you even mean by that? Is it so odd that people change as they age? Maybe it's just because my body hasn't started breaking down yet but I have no idea where this is coming from and seems to be a bit too dramatic and martyrish--almost even self-gratifying--to be based in reality.