While I agree older generations are always complaining about the habits of newers ones, always dooming everything, and that progress is good and unavoidable…
…I honestly do think we should sometimes sit down and re-evaluate if older habits have a place and if their criticism can bring some truth. I’ve been moving away from the hyper-connected and convenient modernity we live in and adopting older habits like writing my notes with paper and pen, under a candle light, and it’s honestly been fantastic for me, just as an example.
I don’t think the technology is ever really the problem it’s just how people act towards other people that matters regardless of the medium.
The whole gamergate thing was no different than a bunch of sexist male chess players in the 1930s complaining about women competing for the first time. I cannot imagine that evening 100 years will be free of racism and sexism and otherism in general.
I do think we have this knee-jerk reaction to reject things from older generations because it seems outdated, but honestly a lot of life advice that gets passed down has persisted so long because it works.
While I agree older generations are always complaining about the habits of newers ones, always dooming everything, and that progress is good and unavoidable…
…I honestly do think we should sometimes sit down and re-evaluate if older habits have a place and if their criticism can bring some truth. I’ve been moving away from the hyper-connected and convenient modernity we live in and adopting older habits like writing my notes with paper and pen, under a candle light, and it’s honestly been fantastic for me, just as an example.
I don’t think the technology is ever really the problem it’s just how people act towards other people that matters regardless of the medium.
The whole gamergate thing was no different than a bunch of sexist male chess players in the 1930s complaining about women competing for the first time. I cannot imagine that evening 100 years will be free of racism and sexism and otherism in general.
I do think we have this knee-jerk reaction to reject things from older generations because it seems outdated, but honestly a lot of life advice that gets passed down has persisted so long because it works.
We also have a tendency to reject things from newer generations as immature. I guess thoughtful change is the happy medium.