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I think that the example our generation sets, is pretty important.

> "What you do speaks so loudly, I can't hear what you're saying."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

For example, I know that I can get fairly cranky about ageism in tech, but I also understand where some of it comes from. My generation has been a pretty big dumpster fire, when it comes to examples. We're the Gordon Gecko "Greed is Good" generation. Our kids kind of took the brunt of it, and, in my opinion, the world is on fire, basically due to our generation's selfishness (and we're not done, yet).



Sadly, looking back through history you'll see that every generation is the "greed is good" generation.


It’s the same but different. Gen X Cops is a great song about this. “Each generation makes its own apology”

https://genius.com/Vampire-weekend-gen-x-cops-lyrics

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9Qk00693c


I do not think that is true.

While there are always greedy and selfish people, celebrating greed was new.




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