09-14-2017, 09:17 AM
(09-13-2017, 09:14 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: In a strange irony, it seems the best years of my adult life thus far were during the 3T.
No doubt part of it was having fewer responsibilities, being further from death, having fewer overt ravages of aging.
But that is not the whole enchilada. Another reason I look back to those times is the flow of life. Back then, the flow of life was much more satisfying. I am describing external characteristics which would be true irrespective of my personal state.
Now, not to be in denial. The precursors to today's fuckedupedness were already in place, through much of the 3T. Especially the 2nd half of the 3T.
Why is this so surprising? A 3T is all about eating our seed corn, not banking more for the future. Of course that's fun; it's just unwise -- a totally different criterion entirely.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.