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Fair enough though not the point I was trying to make :) The parent mentioned "kids these days" and also "It's funny to watch, a lot of these have seen before
by tharkun__ 6y ago
Fair enough though not the point I was trying to make :)
The parent mentioned "kids these days" and also "It's funny to watch, a lot of these have seen before and will again.".
Whether Socrates actually said this (or some other famous or not so famous guy from over 2000 years ago), it does show that that assessment is probably very very correct. And very funny to read indeed. Even if you don't agree with all of the parts of the statement (I don't) you will most probably find some you'd agree with. YMMV if you don't have kids :)
- foolmeonce 6y agoOTOH, Socrates lived through the rise of Athens to prominence (their great generation?) and the generation he complains about would have been the ones to stop it's decline (our boomers -millenials.) (So his observations could be of a cultural cycle rather than what every generation experiences from each perspective.)