Older Generation Interview

Hey guys i interviewed my grandparents and found out some really good stuff. The video was about 30min long so i didn't upload it to the blog as it could not fit but i have uploaded it to the xtransfer in the mac lab in the 100billion folder for you guys to look at. So i have written down the main points from the interview here.

These are the beliefs of my grand parents understanding of the future.

- Big social problems in the future
- Science will be aimed at Genetic engineering of food to ensure greater supply
- Food sources depleting and alternates will be needed
- Loosing standards of behaviour
- In future and present people are oriented in thinking about themselves, not others
- Revolution in government
- missing values (human values)
- fundamental religions will takeover
- Global warming not as bad as media says but a possibility
- Cures for diseases/ Medical enhancement
- Alternate products
- Space program is not helping, only rich are benefiting from it
- New generations will save planet, youth idealism and energy
- He believes we cannot rely on old ingrained idealism
- Experience should be learnt from old generation
- Age does not always mean wisdom
- If there was one thing my grandfather could pass down for the next generations to remember it would be LOVE, Care for family, friends and the people around you
- If there is one thing my grandmother could tell me for the future it would be to not live SELFISH lives
- Look out for what you can do for other people
- Things they miss are the social implications from the past such as freedom, having the freedom to leave car unlocked without fear of it being stolen, freedom to swim in the river without harsh laws or worrying of people will hurt them
- They miss face to face social interaction, not leaving a txt message but seeing someone face to face
- People do not think about responsibility
- Innocence of children has been lost, they know too much now
- Human GE too artificial
- If human GE is used it needs to be global
- If they had the choice to go back to youth they would go back with they knowledge they have gained throughout their life now.
- Older people get tired of things easier
- Harder to learn new things when older
- He believes if you never lived through certain experiences then you can never truely understand what it was like
- Society has the thought that somebody else owes them something
- growing up through certain time periods, gives you different values
- He speaks of his father never saying a word about war. This is an interesting point as it brings up the idea that people may choose to leave what information they want to be left behind

The part of this interview i found most interesting was how my grandparents would rather be young with the wisdom and knowledge they have now, then being young and naive like we are now. I really thought that they would want to act young how we do now but it is not the case. The only thing they really miss is the physical properties of being young. Which begs the question, what would we do differently.

I have found a quote which i though complemented this idea perfectly.

"Youth is wasted on the young" George Bernard Shaw