Rethinking Elder Respect
Rory and Alex challenge the traditional reverence for the elderly, questioning whether it is still warranted in today's context. They discuss the luck and privileges that many older individuals have enjoyed, contrasting it with the struggles faced by younger generations. The conversation also touches on the importance of making proactive choices about living arrangements as one ages, emphasizing that many people regret not downsizing sooner.In this clip
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What are your thoughts on the perspective that many older people take unmerited pride in being adults and discourage youth's enthusiasm and ideals, as expressed in the quote: "You're young. Enjoy your enthusiasms and your ideals while you can. For when you grow up and get out in the world you will know better," as discussed in the episode 445: Mind-blowing statistics on mental health, polarization & the future of dating | Bestselling author Scott Galloway and the clip Embracing Life's Beauty?
What are your thoughts on this perspective?
Many older people seem to take unmerited pride in the mere 'fact that they are adults.' When youth comes crashing in on them with enthusiasms and ideals, they put on their most patronizing smiles, pat the young man or the young woman on the shoulder, and in a worldly wise sort of way send them out with what they call their blessing. But—as every young person knows—that is not a blessing; it is a cold shower. What they have really said to you is this: "You're young. Enjoy your enthusiasms and your ideals while you can. For when you grow up and get out in the world you will know better." And the tragedy is that so many young people do just that: they do grow up and, growing up, they grow away from their enthusiasms and from their ideals. That is one reason why the world into which they go gets better so slowly.