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This trophe is older than time its self people always say that yesterday was a golden age and those pesky kids today are ruining it. "I see no hope for the fut

This trophe is older than time its self people always say that yesterday was a golden age and those pesky kids today are ruining it. "I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise [disrespectful] and impatient of restraint" (Hesiod, 8th century BC). SV is changing but I am sure people complained when software took over from hardware in SV

philwelch 14y ago
The problem with that quote of Hesiod is that, for all we know, the youth of Hesiod's time and place were worse behaved than their parents. And in any case, it's a question of how much technical innovation is coming out of an economic center, not whether we're disciplining our kids as well. If you want to apply some ancient wisdom, here is some: change is constant. And it's not always for the best.