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An interesting observation! I think something important has changed in how generations relate to each other. But I question to what extent culture ever was as static as we currently imagine. Culture is never unmoving rather it exists in dynamic equilibrium. 1/5
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I wonder how much of our large-scale political problems are due to the lack of place for older people. For basically all of history, old people were prolly The Best, having accumulated all the knowledge you need to have in a static culture. Now times change, and they're lost.
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I imagine it was significantly more static than it is today, because tech seems to have changed culture hugely (birth control, internet, guns). I wouldn't assume it was totally static beforehand, though, because changes did still happen, just seemingly at a slower rate.