05-07-2022, 06:32 AM
(05-06-2022, 02:30 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:(03-27-2022, 12:43 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Myself, I have no trouble linking myself with the Boomer and Prophet archetype. I was born right in the middle of it. I am a prophet, literally, and an idealist. I am a crusader and a moralist.
What convinced me of the validity of generational theory is the number of traits that fit me in spite of being against my natural personality, like how I was begrudgingly forced to accept substantially more collectivistic strategies as a means of survival and basic pragmatism.
There is a famous Venn diagram of "Ideas We Admire" and another of "Ideas that Actually Work". Of course, the joke is: there is zero overlap. It may be intended as humor, but it's also more than a bit accurate. We Americans, especially, have been raised on the idea of individualism and up-by-the-bootstraps motivation and self-worth -- in short, the competitive model. In reality, the cooperative model works better, producing more consistent results at lower cost to the individual and society as a whole.
If you doubt it, look at the two arenas that consistently test the theory: sports and war. Setting aside individual sports where cooperation doesn't really apply, teams and armies do best when they operate in a cohesive and complimentary manner. Neither trait is associated with individualism.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.