Regarding the 1776 patriot ages and the phrase “feel old and useless” meme:
Never bring younguns to an information warfare fight. While you’re explaining the significance of having watched “The Matrix”, Star Trek episodes “Day of the Dove” & “Wrath of Kahn” (and a bunch of others), “Soylent Green”, who the Borg and Q are from The Next Generation, along with “The Mouse that Roared”, you may miss the next Q-post.
There’s a number of people out there now that have just updated their weekend playlists and thinking “Holy Carpe Dium”!
Maybe “Star Trek Enterprise” and the phrase “Prime Directive” might help.