Weird idea someone told me: western culture has no script for life after youth, because the example of an ideal person (Jesus) died young
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Huh that's an interesting explanation. Reference? I've been thinking a lot about that exact question.
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Default script since 50s is nuclear family, work to retire. Prior to 1880 was agrarian home life. 1880-1950 hustle for American Dream. Script since '01 is disrupted.
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That's not a script so much as a scaffolding for one. It leaves the empty-nest-to-retirement segment undefined in terms of content.
IMO, systems setup to help people fill it out - go to college, go to career day, pick something, meet recruiter, go to happy hour, meet someone, have kids. Pick religion, sports, etc for personal flavors
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