One thing that comes to mind regarding wisdom of the elders is certainly dealing with life itself. Of course there is a lot of factual information easily retrie

One thing that comes to mind regarding wisdom of the elders is certainly dealing with life itself. Of course there is a lot of factual information easily retrievable using the internet, but this is only one side of the coin. What about non-factual, personal information? What about emotions? What about life and death? These are points where the wisdom of every "old" person becomes apparent--something we seldomly realize before hitting the age where suddenly people start dying, some friends parent, your own grandparents, etc. One cannot find solace in Wikipedia here, and most often these events present life-changing turning points, where one realizes that putting in the extra hours is probably not worth it all, smoking actually kills people, and whatever caused the death of those near to you. Consequently, the elders the article deals with might not know how to do that stuff or use the internet, i.e., are less tech-savvy. But every single one of them most certainly is more life-savvy, which comes in handy, too.