I was having lunch with some friends yesterday, and the conversation came around to young people. There seemed to be general agreement around the table that today’s younger generation are falling short of expectations. I didn’t have anything to contribute to this topic, so I just listened.
One person explained that kids today are not taught how to think for themselves. Another expressed disappointment with their seeming disengagement with important events on the world political stage. A general worry was expressed about the decline of Western civilization.
This went on for a while, at which point somebody said “Are we really being fair?”
“Of course you are,” I said. “Otherwise, why would people have been saying the exact same thing for at least three thousand years?”