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Or perhaps they grow tired of tolerating things that (empirically) keep leading to the same bad outcome. Also known as wisdom, when cast in another light.
by ip26 4y ago
Or perhaps they grow tired of tolerating things that (empirically) keep leading to the same bad outcome.
Also known as wisdom, when cast in another light.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoYup. Same conclusion I accidentally reached today, randomly thinking about the adage that old people lean a certain way. Perhaps it's not stupidity, perhaps it's just experience and less emotional volatility. They've experienced how easy it is to be an earnest believer and activist for an idea that later they learned to be misguided, or completely wrong. They've understood that real life is more sophisticated, that simplistic ideas, even pursued with best of intentions, will do more harm than good. There may be some degree of exhaustion and no longer caring about things too, of course.