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Many things that used to be "the good old way" have changed. Every generation things the upcoming generation is headed for doom. First it was TVs, then it was
by irjustin 5y ago
Many things that used to be "the good old way" have changed. Every generation things the upcoming generation is headed for doom.
First it was TVs, then it was video games, now it's social media.
I understand the sentiment and know it's easy to think that that one time in the past was the best way. Hell I even think about those few years with that group of people were "the best", nostalgia.
But if we always look at the past and try to recreate it, then we'll not allow great things of the future to come.
There are legitimate ways the past was better, but that's usually rooted in a belief. So hold onto the belief, let go of the past? I do commend those who onto a belief and let go of the past. It's not always easy in a changing future.
- wombatmobile 5y agoIt's easy to test that proposition. Wait 30 years and then consider whether 2021 is "the good old way". I imagine it will be for most people, just like 1969 was "the good old way" for the author of TFA, and 1736 was for Ben Franklin. It's not that the bullshit was better back then, or even that times have changed, for the better or for the worse. It's just that the way the human mind works, we don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. As time goes by, we still don't see things as they are. We see them as we were.
- denton-scratch 5y agoIt's true; my grandchildren will no doubt look back on this decade as "the good old days". But your "wait 30 years" observation puts you in a different age bracket from me; I'll be dead and gone (or reborn as an ant or something).
- wombatmobile 5y agoSame! That's why we can make these observations.
- visarga 5y agoThe past seemed better because we were younger and instead of our current state of the world we could imagine anything we wanted about the future.