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Quote from: philipma1957 on Today at 01:07:23 AM

this is a decent post.

in the 1960s I was a kid with asthma I spent a lot of time in bed 🛌

so not much tv in 1965 or 1968 so i read and read and read. and read and read.

mostly sci fi and mystery books.

I was able to read a 300 page book in 6 hours.

books were more like a movie than a book since I would lay in bed and simply read it in one sitting.

As I aged my eyes aged so reading a book in a day no longer happens.

but reading and writing on the internet does happen for two or more hours a day.

bitcointalk
altcoinstalks
macrumors

are my three main sites.

Even at your age, you’re still a good reader and I don’t think not so many young ones can still read like this and find meaning to what they’re reading easily. Some may spend more hours reading but they will never get to understand anything because they lack focus and can’t find meaning to what they’re reading because of deviation in mind while reading. We are lucky to still have a few like you around today, maybe many but we don’t get to know or see them around to associate more with. Things have really changed now and we are not of the people that got to learn how to read and understand without the most help coming from the internet.

Quote from: lovesmayfamilis on Today at 06:00:26 AM

Let me butt in and correct your thinking about older people a little. Although I have quite a long time until retirement, working with older people, I have realized one thing: that they sometimes fall into two types: those who become grumpy and bored in old age, saying that the sky was bluer, and the water was wetter before, while others have such wisdom that by communicating with them, you can get very good guidance on your future life, listening to their advice. They also have an irrepressible passion for reading, since in their time there was no Internet, social networks, or other crap that today's youth is busy with, taking only the tops of information since there is no desire to read more carefully and more. They had books that did not provide immediate results but required careful analysis.

Saying all this, I see in some of our users both their age and their wisdom, and I am very grateful that such people are with us.

I think that merit sources must be able to not only read, but read thoughtfully and a lot, and in no case have clip thinking.

Some older people are really an impression to the upcoming ones while some remain reluctant and not really there to encourage and guide the upcoming generations. It may be their choice but playing a vital role in shaping the ideas and mindset they grow up with is very important. Innovations to make living much easier and stress free has overcome the many limitations the older generations had but it became disadvantageous to upcoming generations as many do not capitalise more on using their brains more than it can take and just busy using it for other engagement that will not add to more innovations needed today.

I have always felt that i should attempt to be of service to people.

I am not the only person on bitcointalk that feels this way.

A lot of the world 🌍 has changed somewhat via tech, but human behavior is some what the same.

So I still relate to younger people.

I had a great uncle he was the brother of my granddad.

He always had a lively upbeat mind.

My granddad was a bit grumpy.

I always hoped to be upbeat when I got older.

So far so good.

A lot of people on bitcointalk will effort to help.

My expertise was mining ⛏️ which sadly is ending for small miners.

But I have other areas of knowledge and can try to help on different boards.