The Way Things Were

There are some universal truths in every generation of human history. Every single generation feels that they are smarter than the one that came before them and wiser than the one that comes after them. Things were always better when they were younger and worse when they get older. The next generation always has it better than they did but the one before them didn't have it any worse than they did.

In truth every generation in general is pretty much equal to the one before and after them. It is true that with modern technology that as generations pass they will have better technology and access to new information but the people themselves will have just as much capability to learn it. A dumb ass born in 1910 is just as likely to be a dumb ass having been born in 2010. A genius in one century will be a genius in another century, the only difference is what information they may have access to.

The elderly today feel that young adults are adrift and with out direction. They are all a bunch of drug users and sex addicts. This idea is laughable. If someone is 61 today they were 20 in 1969... the summer of LOVE! The generation that is currently criticizing the youth for rampant sex and drug use is the single most famous generation for having done so! But they aren't the only ones guilty of this, Even someone that is 25 thinks that those 15 year olds are "spoiled" compared to how they had it. People generalize about the other generations from only a few examples. They see one dumb or confused kid and assume the whole lot of them act that way. "Boy when I was a kid I was never that dumb"... ok but did you know anyone your age that WAS that dumb? Yes you did.