“lack of respect” is probably true, universal (every generation gives it’s elders less respect than they think is due), and IMO good. “respect”, in this context, is a mixture of trust, obedience, and social deference that tends to build up over time and needs to be regularly dismantled and re-built to be useful. Inter-generation conflict does a good job here.
“lack of responsibility” I don’t see at all. I have a lot of smart, hard-working almost-millennial coworkers who give serious thought to long-term sustainability both individually (caring and providing for family) and systemwide (environmental and social issues).
Before you jump forward to falsification, it’s worth fleshing out your model. What would be true if you were correct, and what would be false? It’s _VERY_ common not to measure something directly, but to find measures that are impacted by the thing under considerations, and to use those instead.
“lack of respect” is probably true, universal (every generation gives it’s elders less respect than they think is due), and IMO good. “respect”, in this context, is a mixture of trust, obedience, and social deference that tends to build up over time and needs to be regularly dismantled and re-built to be useful. Inter-generation conflict does a good job here.
“lack of responsibility” I don’t see at all. I have a lot of smart, hard-working almost-millennial coworkers who give serious thought to long-term sustainability both individually (caring and providing for family) and systemwide (environmental and social issues).
Before you jump forward to falsification, it’s worth fleshing out your model. What would be true if you were correct, and what would be false? It’s _VERY_ common not to measure something directly, but to find measures that are impacted by the thing under considerations, and to use those instead.