It's analogous to the immune response. Of course adults are going to be resistant to ideas that are a total mind-$%^#! If something does not fit in with your foundation model of reality, then it's likely an exploit meme. (Like, "We are the messengers of the supreme being. You must convince others of this, and also give us 10% of your earnings!")
This poses a special problem for the transmission of things like values -- some of which are not exploit-memes but actually valuable heuristics for mutual benefit. (Like honesty and fairness.) Since the contexts that preoccupy the mainstream of each generation change so dramatically now, the lack of common context impedes the demonstration of values by an older generation to a younger one. Several centuries ago, it would be commonplace to find 3 generations on the same dance floor, all having fun dancing to the same music. Now, this is considered to be a ridiculous situation.
This change is so rapid now, that you see generational rifts in recent pop phenomena like Anime fandom. A friend of mine who was an MC at some of the early Anime Expos got trashed online by some kid over some bit of web forum etiquette. I'm sorry, but someone that connected with the history of your scene deserves a little patience and an explanation. (I'm sure others have similar anecdotes from Hip-Hop or skateboarding. Heck, there should be plenty of programming related anecdotes similar to this.)
This poses a special problem for the transmission of things like values -- some of which are not exploit-memes but actually valuable heuristics for mutual benefit. (Like honesty and fairness.) Since the contexts that preoccupy the mainstream of each generation change so dramatically now, the lack of common context impedes the demonstration of values by an older generation to a younger one. Several centuries ago, it would be commonplace to find 3 generations on the same dance floor, all having fun dancing to the same music. Now, this is considered to be a ridiculous situation.
This change is so rapid now, that you see generational rifts in recent pop phenomena like Anime fandom. A friend of mine who was an MC at some of the early Anime Expos got trashed online by some kid over some bit of web forum etiquette. I'm sorry, but someone that connected with the history of your scene deserves a little patience and an explanation. (I'm sure others have similar anecdotes from Hip-Hop or skateboarding. Heck, there should be plenty of programming related anecdotes similar to this.)