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What advice would you give to people in their 20s? (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago by clark@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

A. I wouldn't because that implies by being around longer I know more or am more right about some things than young people. I've accumulated knowledge, but that doesn't mean anybody should listen to what I have to say or that I'm wiser. There are certainly times that is true, but it's also true that we have a lot to learn from them and we should listen to them.

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Age does not bring wisdom. Often it merely changes simple stupidity into arrogant conceit. It's only advantage, so far as I have been able to see, is that it spans change. A young person sees the world as a still picture, immutable. An old person has had his nose rubbed in changes and more changes and still more changes so many times that that he knows it is a moving picture, forever changing. He may not like it--probably doesn't; I don't--but he knows it's so, and knowing is the first step in coping with it.

Robert Heinlein

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

because that implies by being around longer I know more

But as you experience more you do know more

[–] makeasnek@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

But as you experience more you do know more

About some things. You also lose knowledge with time as well as mental acuity. The brain is a leaky memory storage device.