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This made me think about the difference of growing old in a static world vs a one where change is constantly accelerating. In the former, you understand it bet
by karmakurtisaani 6mo ago
This made me think about the difference of growing old in a static world vs a one where change is constantly accelerating.
In the former, you understand it better and better as you age, but in the latter you're left with knowledge that's of no use while the next generation is ahead of you just by the privilege of being young.
In the former, you are a valuable source of information. In the latter, a burden.
- coldtea 6mo ago>In the former, you understand it better and better as you age, but in the latter you're left with knowledge that's of no use while the next generation is ahead of you just by the privilege of being young. I'd put it more like: you're left with knowledge that sees right through bullshit and the same-old promises and error modes, but nobody's buying. And the next generation is hired precisely because they're naive to all of that to repeat the same mistakes eagerly while sociopaths profit.
- pjmlp 6mo agoExactly, something that seniority brings is the ability to say no, and that isn't something most managers want to hear.