Bernaisesource

For a site that prides itself on its egalitarian approach to knowledge, I was surprised by the comment.  Lying about your credentials is wrong; but given our culture’s obsession with youth, he may be dissing the wrong age group.

From entertainment to advertising, it’s a young person’s game – literally.   At 18, LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavalier basketball phenom created quite a stir bypassing college for the NBA.  Quite impressive, until you consider Freddy Adu who was just 14 when he joined Major League Soccer’s DC United or Michelle Wie who made her first appearance in an LPGA major — at the age of 13.

It seems the race doesn’t go to the swiftest.  It goes to the youngest – especially when it comes to technology.  College students form companies in their dorm rooms, and our teenagers are our IT experts.  We turn to them for help with our computers and cell phones. And it’s teens and twenty-somethings that seem to have the most time and the inclination to embrace social media.  Given how quickly we replace the latest gadgets and software packages, it is no wonder that longevity is not prized.

Where does that leave adults?  I struggle for an answer.  I ask my friends; they are stumped.  In a society that values information and novelty, adults may be on the short end of the stick. Now if wisdom should ever make a comeback, we may have a chance.

At least in the short run, I can provide encouragement, offer direction and remain mildly amused at the younger generation’s desire to rush headlong into adulthood. 

Let me get back to you.