Reformist and the Revivalist

Young people tend to be more reformist, and older individuals more revivalist.

There is something about aging which makes people revivalist.

Revivalism is induced by a cocktail, which is one part nostalgia and three parts lived experiences. A very hard liquor, it causes permanent and irreversible damage to the brain cells and reeks of pompousness, especially around young folks.
Of late, it has gained popularity in pop culture and is also widely known as 'desi-uncle' or 'whatsapp-uncle' phenomenon.

This is perhaps why I feel middle-aged people are the most sorted humans out there. They seem to drive everything, from conducting board meetings to doing clickity-clickity-clack-clack on their MacBooks in a cafe on fckin odd hours, making everyone around feel the FOMO of being unproductive.

They earn well, have their fully developed prefrontal cortex at their disposal, can afford to live in the bubble of a gated society and air-conditioned cars, and the list goes on.

Not that I aspire to have all of this, but it’s certainly good to have.
The balance seems just right (as it should be, inserts Thanos meme)

Coming back to the cocktail, one antidote that I noticed that prevents one from getting high is introspection.
It stops people from getting swayed by the ebbs and flows of the two ideologies.
Introspection, which hopefully leads to greater self-awareness, that ultimately could correct the course of someone on the verge of chugging the cocktail.

by(e),
acidcrookedmass