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This, and so much this. "The hope of the world is in our generation". No, it really isn't. Any given generation is, statistically, a lot like every other genera
by PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
This, and so much this. "The hope of the world is in our generation". No, it really isn't. Any given generation is, statistically, a lot like every other generation (certainly over spans of 4-6 generations).
- labster 3y agoSo basically we have no hope then?
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoHope is fine. Hope based on "the kids today will do right by the world", not so much.
- labster 3y agoSo hope based on eucatastrophe then? Works for me.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agohope based on (a) there are always some number of people at a given point in time working toward the goals you want to be hopeful about (b) there's always some non-zero chance that they may be successful. but hope somehow contigent or predicated on the age of those people? nah.
- midoridensha 3y agoExactly: look at what happened with the Hippies in the 1960s. They turned into the "Me Generation" of the 1980s.