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I'm in my late 20s as well and the replies so far are disgusting me. I think we should expect that the previous generation won't help us to build the world we

by antpls 7y ago

I'm in my late 20s as well and the replies so far are disgusting me. I think we should expect that the previous generation won't help us to build the world we would like to see, and we should use all the tools and knowledge we have to change the world, even if it's against the will, interests and "happiness" of the previous generation. We must organize ourselves, vote, protest, communicate and build towards what we would like to see happening.

jeffrallen 7y ago
I am of a generation a bit older than you, and I say "bring it"! Not as a challenge, just as encouragement. I trust the younger generation to force us to change.
- czechdeveloper 7y ago
  Just curious, why will you not participate? Why leave it on younger generation?
czechdeveloper 7y ago
You get it. All suggestions here are same way of thinking that got us into this situation.
leftyted 7y ago
Humans don't get to "change the world" to meet our imagination. All actions are contingent upon things we cannot understand. We are constantly acting into an unknowable future. The man-made world (which is a much thinner veneer than we tend to think) is the result of a roiling, chaotic process. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to "make the world better". It only means we have to think about what we are doing and stop believing that we know the solutions (or even the problems). Guess-and-check is the only way to learn things and all parts of that process (the guessing, the implementation, and the checking) are unreliable because of the unlimited contingency of the world. How can you measure the current if you can't step into the same river twice? Anyway, the kind of utopian protest culture you're talking about is the exact opposite of what is called for. That culture is creating a generation of people who are shockingly easy to manipulate. And they will be manipulated.

by antpls 7y ago

jeffrallen 7y ago

I am of a generation a bit older than you, and I say "bring it"! Not as a challenge, just as encouragement. I trust the younger generation to force us to change.

czechdeveloper 7y ago
Just curious, why will you not participate? Why leave it on younger generation?

czechdeveloper 7y ago

You get it. All suggestions here are same way of thinking that got us into this situation.

leftyted 7y ago

Humans don't get to "change the world" to meet our imagination. All actions are contingent upon things we cannot understand. We are constantly acting into an unknowable future. The man-made world (which is a much thinner veneer than we tend to think) is the result of a roiling, chaotic process. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try to "make the world better". It only means we have to think about what we are doing and stop believing that we know the solutions (or even the problems). Guess-and-check is the only way to learn things and all parts of that process (the guessing, the implementation, and the checking) are unreliable because of the unlimited contingency of the world. How can you measure the current if you can't step into the same river twice? Anyway, the kind of utopian protest culture you're talking about is the exact opposite of what is called for. That culture is creating a generation of people who are shockingly easy to manipulate. And they will be manipulated.