Posted on 03/06/2015 2:45:16 PM PST by Sean_Anthony
After years of being treated as if the Wisdom of the Ages were as relevant as Confucius in a fortune cookie now that we have Chicago on the Potomac the wisdom gained in the City that Works is suddenly spot-on.
Back in the Dream Time, elders were honored because of their accumulated knowledge, if Pops knew a better way to saddle horses that knowledge helped Junior since he saddled horses. Today if Pops knows how to tune-up cars what good is that when cars dont need to be tuned-up anymore? Now the old are relegated to extolling their own relevance while exclaiming, Ive never seen that before. Doddering ancients who use their cell phones merely to talk wonder why their grandchildren never answer their emails as Gen Z tweet each other: Dont trust anyone over 15.
The world is moving so fast, not only is today tomorrows yesterday the generations are living in different todays today as we continue to charge our Chinese living standard to our grandchildren. Gen X and Y parents with their once hip lap-tops under their arms stare in wonder as their pre-teen Gen Zs text with one hand while Wii skydiving in the backseat. For these new additions to middle-age whore just old enough to remember Star Trek; imagine Captain Kirk visiting Captain Picard pointing at Commander Data and saying, Whats that?
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