Three of us were chatting at the workplace today. Both were seniors and elder to me, and one of them mentioned generation gap.
He was irritated and amused that our generation somehow thinks that his generation is one of idiots. He was even more irritated and amused because he remembered thinking the same about the generation before him. He pointed out that this pattern repeats with every new generation.
So far, so good.
Then he had to review some of my work. Here comes the awkward part.
He pointed out a few mistakes in my work. I was thinking that it was probably because he thought in a different manner. Then I thought he was probably doing it just for the sake it.
Aaaaaaand, then it hit me! My senior was right, both in terms of what he said about generation gap, and what he was saying about my work.
I was thinking the same way just three minutes after hearing of the same thing from the same person I was with. I can probably give a thousand rational explanations for what I thought. But none of them will be true. Not a chance.
Of course, no points for guessing who was irritated and amused now.
I suspect each generation, in identifying the idiocy of the last and next, is in fact identifying itself. For civilization to survive --for us to survive-- we need to know precisely what kind of idiots we are.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about your generation, Geo, and after having read your comment, I certainly don't wish to discuss mine :-)
DeleteEvery generation thinks it is smarter than the previous one and wiser than the next one. :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is so right.
Delete100% agree with Kanthu. I was going to write the same thing.
ReplyDeleteI also agree a hundred percent with you and Kanthu, SG.
DeleteHaha... generation gap definitely exists.. i guess that's what evolution ends up being termed by all of us :)
ReplyDeleteYes, generation gap is definitely one of the more visible parameters of our ongoing evolution.
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