we are taught. those who are older hold wisdom. we should listen.
learn obey. and at twenty i see it true. being wiser. than fifteen. or
sixteen. and can even imagine. wiser folk. older. but then i see. also
around me. in myself. in those younger people. something older people
do not have. not a knowledge. or a wisdom. but a way of thinking.
thought processes that cannot. if ever. be understood by elders.
though given to us by them.
each generation is taught to think. in a way. coinciding with a
philosophy. the philosophy of their parents. but philosophies breed
philosophies. and new philosophies form from old ones. our parents can
form new ways to think. but cannot think completely in that way. as if
that was what they were taught as children. so any philosophy rooted
deeply in that way of thinking is lost to elders. our parents often
cannot understand the way we think. because we dont think like them.
our mental processes can be explained. never fully understood by them.
felt in the heart.
A way of thinking based on cognitive dissonance cannot possibly be
understood in the heart by someone who rejects the concept of
cognitive dissonance existing for extended periods of time.
jump. jump. jump. click. click. flash. new image. now. click. do you
understand? linear thinking. no longer. mtv generation doesnt have
short attention spans. just think. quicker. nonlinearly. more
connections. neural. spatial. more intense. processing. click. click.
able to generalise quicker. more accurately. easier. so lots of
images. form an idea. single image. understanding.
in the end we must look to the younger generation. to listen for our
problems. our answers. teaching them to think in ways we cant. solve
things we cant. ask the younger the answer. in the end you have the
experience. the knowledge. but they know how to use it in the best
way. because theyre the improved model of thinking. and by the time
youre an adult. the way you think. obsolete. look to the younger. the
younger think the way we want to think. after learning what was wrong
with the way we were taught to think.