https://james-irwin.com/blog/ Recent content in Blog on James Irwin Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://james-irwin.com/blog/2018/02/adulthood/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://james-irwin.com/blog/2018/02/adulthood/ In every single generation (really, Helen Keller wrote about how it was common knowledge that society was becoming decrepit in 1932), people start saying “I wish things were more like back in my day” or “kids these days” not because things are inherently worse in some way, but as a way of blaming the world and staying unaccountable for their own happiness. You might not connect with the movies or other media being released, and say that they’re not like the ones you used to see, but it’s because your values were shaped by what you saw first.