Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:43 pm @Ed ... I do have one grandchild, and if it's any consolation, he is about as intellectually curious and creative as it gets, plays electric piano, composes songs using computer software, creates and plays in virtual worlds, and yet still loves exploring in nature, helping in the garden, and crafting things out of discarded stuff, all the while probably 10 times more knowledgeable in general than I was at his age, and not just about the techno-wizardry he has access to, as with most kids in Canada these days. I could be mistaken, but he just somehow seems to be wired differently, in some way that has never been the case before. So I'm not so sure it's as dire as it sometimes may appear to be, and these kids are actually what leave me with some hope for the future of this now inextricably connected global village in this electro-cyber age from which there's no turning back, on the verge of what seems an unprecedented shift in the evolution of consciousness ~ the outcome of which we old folks may not even be capable of grasping. Of course, we may all be headed towards mass extinction, but if not, then it's not going to be the grandparents that are figuring it out, but rather I can imagine my grandson working with those kids in Cuenca growing up to dream up some way to make it work for all concerned.
Shu, I have no grandkids but I get that feeling in the music of Jacob Collier. It really does seem that there are younguns who sanctify rather than justify, who shine rather than whine. They inspire me toward hopefulness.