David Wilcock

[Monica]

So basically you guys don't consider yourself "old". Fair enough. I guess to me anyone who is twice my age is considered old, but to you guys 80 year olds are old and you guys are not.

I remember back in the 60s (before you were born, ha!) the slogan was "Don't ever trust anyone over 30." For that matter, I remember being in junior high and thinking the high school students were old!

Funny how the definition of 'old' keeps getting pushed back the older you get! When you're 30, 50 seems old, but when you're 50, 70 seems old...

I really do think there is a generation gap based on age. I think growing up on the internet has had a huge affect on the way people think. Imagine how your life would be different if at 4 years old you had been surfing the net.. now realize there is an entire generation of people growing up who are doing exactly that. It's a new world.

I do understand your point, and I would say the same is true of rock music. I'm turning 49 next week, but still think of people as 'cool' and young at heart as long as they still listen to rock music!

For our generation, it was the music that was the dividing line between generations. So, in a sense, the internet and video games are to your generation as the music scene was to ours.

Nevertheless, it was our generation, starting with the hippie movement in the 60s, that sort of got the ball rolling as far as questioning authority and becoming open-minded, independent thinkers, at least on a wide scale. But there were surely pioneers (Wanderers) way before that. So I don't think it can really be defined by generation so much as it is by mindset. There are probably 80-year-olds with open minds who, in a sense, are just as young in terms of their fresh way of thinking. Whereas, some young people are still locked into negative, closed-minded thinking.

I realize that I'm diverting into another topic here...and you were referring to lifestyle (ie. internet) whereas I am going off into another direction (open-mindedness and fresh attitudes) entirely.

I do think the generational issue is a valid point, especially in light of the assertion that the majority of DW's fans (fans?) are under 25. I think that is very telling and quite an interesting bit of trivia that I was not aware of.