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I won't guess at the age of the author, but this feeling seems to creep over people as they age, and always has. Today's complexity seems simple for fresh minds
by squidbeak 5mo ago
I won't guess at the age of the author, but this feeling seems to creep over people as they age, and always has. Today's complexity seems simple for fresh minds that have grown up alongside it. Meanwhile the simplicity that tired, bewildered older minds hark back to as a golden norm appalled the older minds at the time.
Almost universally, the response in older generations seems to be to look for simple solutions and explanations. They're almost a comfort for them - as if the world has gone wrong in some way but a real fix is possible in what they remember from the past. It's our tragedy - the world moves on from us, even in our lifetimes.
- Henchman21 5mo agoYour comment lays bare the problem with Gerontocracy
- _nxwj 5mo agoWithout saying too much, I think this is more common in young people than you may think.
- tardedmeme 5mo agoCould this be because older people have more memories of when certain things were better than they are now?
- copx 5mo agoThe issue is that "better" is subjective and the subjects are shaped by the environment they grow up in. Most people thus naturally prefer the world as it was during their formative years.
- tardedmeme 5mo agoIs it just that? I see people praising not being reachable 24/7 by phone, but I don't see many people praising calling all the places your friend might be to guess where they are. I see people praising a world without Facebook but I don't see anyone praising a world without Wikipedia. It seems to be a rather selective effect.
- XorNot 5mo agoSure and the reason why is they were kids and their parents handled everything. They don't remember when things were better: they don't remember that they were children.