Old People Need New Ideas

Why is there so little communication between people of different generations? (Part of the answer is in the title.) What do you think?

I feel like the younger people don’t understand the older ones, and vice versa.

I recently read a post somewhere about how younger people are misunderstood by older ones and vice versa ^. From your perspective, what's the misunderstanding?

I feel like there’s a large difference in their topics of interest. The adults having a more civilized conversation, whilst the younger ones having a more unorthodox discussion

As a young man of somewhat less than middle age, I can put myself in a position to appreciate the ways in which a lot of people communicate, from diverse sections of society. Do you believe that conversations are enriched, or hampered by the presence of diverse communication styles and different points of view?

Every generation has its own slang, its own era of music that it identifies with, its own set of films that it quotes lines from that only it understands. Misunderstanding is inevitable between generations because each generation us inherently self-contained/exclusive.

Interestingly I was reading about it very recently

“This is not a new problem. I am sure the same problem existed between the young and old for the caveman.

How do we handle this? The old should learn to keep stepping back. The young will keep occupying that space.

And the old should display a certain level of wisdom and experience, where the young are a little overawed by the old. If you do not do that, then the young will disdain, and they will get rough in so many ways.

As you get old, if you have earned a certain level of wisdom and insight into life, which the young are yet to earn, they look up to you. Then, you can somewhat be in the same space – you are on the first floor, leave them on the ground floor looking up to you.”
- Sadhguru

Everybody's looking for something...

That's vomit inducing music sounds so bad

Actually, old people are full of ideas. It's young people that need to be exposed to more ideas.

By the old people who prefer to watch TV and pretend that the challenges young people face aren't real. Or maybe old people need to be left out of the loop because they're not good at staying relevant. AI is already a better teacher and kids prefer to interact with it than with people.

Llama said "They say or do things to see how others will react, not because they believe in them." I disagree. I think actions always reflect the beliefs of the people who do them. What do they really believe if their words and actions don't reflect it?

I could speak like this, with proper punctuation and correct grammar.

or i could speak like this without punctuaton n many mistakes

I could easily switch between both styles, but the other people find is hard. The old people can't understand the second style, while the young people can't use the first style. And the problem is, either generation doesn't wish to change their style or learn the other. And that's the root cause.

Actions speak louder than words. What's more real, what somebody does or what they say? What really reflects what they believe?

Today’s older generation is not what it used to be. As you pointed out many are stuck to Tv or mobile all the time. They hardly interact with the kids. We see in that in families and in social gatherings.

I spent a lot of time with my grandparents and they enriched my life in many ways. I have the best memories with them. And my uncles and aunts too.

How many grandmothers today - let’s say sit with their granddaughters and teach them embroidery? Or to cook some simple dishes for fun? My grandmother involved me in pretty much all activities she did. And my grandfather read so many books to me!

Today the children are left with tabs. It’s very sad to see

When kids come to my home whether from my neighbourhood or my relatives, I ensure they keep their gadgets aside and do some activity with me like playing outdoor games or board games or painting etc. I hate to see them stuck to their mobile all the time.

Your confidence will get you through it. Later on you will become less certain. But you accept the uncertainty and know you know little. Wish I were young back when I knew everything.

Faust said something like the more you know the less you know.

I think if the older ones enliven the space by their very presence, the younger ones would naturally love them and respect them

Instead of imposing their ideas on them

#18 I always thought that adults should basically teach kids to do the same kinds of things that they themselves do. Whatever you do, try to involve your kid. I think the problem developed when adults started trying to keep kids down in a Miniature-sized reality where they're expected to act foolishly, and are encouraged to do so. I've got more to say about it too.