Are older people wiser than young people?
Living through life makes a person wiser. There are some young people who have lived through unbelievable hardships that make them old far beyond their age.
Why do older people get paid more than younger people?
Because they have been around longer to maneuver themselves into better pay and because young people are exploited. In the uk we have a minimum wage and young people even get less for that for doing the same job, so even the government feels its ok to exploit younger people. Women also get paid less than men for the same job, so do black people..Nothing much is done about this, and all the old white blokes slap themselves on the back and tell eveyone they deserve more pay, kind of like the bankers and BP men who are finally going to destroy the entire planet. Look at it this way though, one day youll be older too, then you can exploit people. Wonderful isn't it? I wouldn't worry too much, soon the only people left are going to be the tribes left in the jungle they will emerge to wander the earth after the west has wiped itself out.. Thus the meek shall inheri the earth... for a short while until the bankster-reptiles come out of their bunkers and it all starts again...
Why do young people have more values than old people?
Young people do not have more values than old people. They are more idealistic because that’s what being young, naive and foolish will do. They are much more vocal with their ideals because they are young and they think that they will change the world in a year. They do not have the life experience yet to understand what they are up against and what hurdles they will have in front of them. Perhaps it is a good thing that the young do not realize the struggles ahead as they are motivated to make the world a better place.It is the older generation who have given them most of the values, although some of the older people have also given up in trying to change the world. After many years of seeing human nature at it’s worst, sometimes we like to give up and leave it for the next generation to deal with. It may be wrong, but that is also part of life.
Why are older people usually much nicer than younger people?
They aren't. There are actually two answers to this question; here are both."Nice isn't good." (Not my quote, sadly; I borrowed it from TVTropes.org) Almost anyone can be "nice"; the trick is to appear to be inoffensive and to act in a manner that supports that appearance. Older people simply have more experience acting like themselves than younger people. And, as such, they can appear to be "nice" to people, even when they are not.Older people are more likely to have learned (given their age and life experience) that acting in a polite and reserved manner (appearing to be nice) will provide them with more flexibility and less scrutiny of their actions. A "nice"older woman will likely not have to answer questions about their personal lives and habits, in a manner that "mean" older woman might. A "nice" older man will likely get more passes for being lazy or being incompetent, than a gruff and hostile older individual might.In short, older people are usually better actors than younger ones and are thus able to appear to be "nice" and are able to fake "niceness" more easily than most younger people can.If a person is genuinely "nice" then they are usually so,regardless of their age.
Do older people know more than younger people?
Thanks for A2A Srinivas.Can't say that for sure . There's always a generation gap between both . older people might claim to be wiser because of their life experiences and skills to understand people better.But there are young people who are responsible and act mature for their age. The lives of the older generation was tougher with only one person working and the bread winner of the family, with a big family to take care of and no modern luxuries like washing machines, mixer , Televisions , cars ( These were luxuries back then and now these are common basic stuff with the younger generation). But inspite of all this they lived a happy life cos they had all the time for the family. Now life is easier with the couples working and earning decently to afford all the basic luxuries of life but its like no one has the time to enjoy the small things of life and all are involved in a rat race having to do so many things in so less time!.The older generation knew to live within their resources and means and knew the value of relationships and lived a dignified and respected life . The younger generation is more concerned with show -offs , relationship issues, bragging about their achievements, more of money minded and wanting to live a lavish lifestyle. Their priorities are different.I will cite an example. Myself and husband decided to gift a cell phone to parents with the touch screen facility and other features but they flatly refused telling us not to waste money on such things for them and they were very happy with the existing simple Nokia phone they use with no modern features to it. Something went wrong with that instrument and it stopped working. So the last time we visited them we gave them a Samsung Galaxy tab and explained to them the functions but they weren't comfortable with it as they found it difficult to handle and get the hang of it and told us to take it back and they don't desire such fancy stuff and wanted the old fashioned Nokia phone they were using.* Facepalm*. And here ,my 10 year old daughter wants a mobile phone of her own with all the latest features with internet and what not.*Doublefacepalm*.So coming to say, the older generation are simple people knowing the value of things and money and the younger generation seem to care less or nil about these things.
Why do old people like plants more than young people?
As people get older, they may start to lose control of things in life (their health, empty nest, loneliness). Working with plants can be therapeutic in that people can have a sense of control. Plants live, die, and flower depending on how we water them and care for them.
Are younger people today socially wiser than the older people?
In that way yes. Now that we are more interconnected everyone has to deal with different types of people more. Usually cultural acceptances are unique to each culture such as the Greeks accepting homosexuality. That acceptance however did not spread between cultures because most of those cultures were at war or scared of each other and compensated for that fear with hate. Now that everyone has had to "put up with" the other cultures they are starting to realize that being different is not as bad or scary as older generations thought. This trend has been happening for a while being beaten back down by things like war or the dark ages that inflame tensions. Your parents generation was probably a lot more "socially advanced" as you call it than their parents. Hopefully the trend continues it is good to see.