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from a gen-xer: yawn it's so incredibly naive, shortsighted, hypocritical and foremost childish to blame everything that's gone wrong on everybody before (exce
by residualmind 4y ago
from a gen-xer: yawn
it's so incredibly naive, shortsighted, hypocritical and foremost childish to blame everything that's gone wrong on everybody before (except?) you. because you'll do better, sure, lol. people are people, people are alike all over, and in all times. that's what needs to be realized in order to begin trying to do better; realize that you're the same. i think nobody but the generations who actually experienced one or two world wars could have done better to maintain peace during the last 70 years. now it's time to see if the ones who came after them still have it in them, only knowing hardship from their parents' experiences. but i see very little hope for the ones after those.
- Aeolun 4y agoI don’t think I’d do better, but that goes two ways. The generation before me blames the generation before them. Thinking that I’d be any different is a bit arrogant (if a nice dream).
- blueatlas 4y agoI'm a late boomer (1961). I don't blame the generation before me. I've known lots of them. My values, who I am, and what I do, stands entirely on their shoulders.
- Aeolun 4y agoI think you are kind of past the age where you would blame the past generation. It’s something you mainly do at ages <30. When you get older your thinking becomes a bit more nuanced.
- pixl97 4y agoIts easy to blame the programmer before you for your applications shortfallings, it's much more difficult to program yourself out of the hole.