Friday, September 1, 2017

The Golden Age Myth: Psychoanalytic Read

Things were better back then...all these changes are decadent and we're all corrupted and Dystopia is us...

I came across an interpretation that suggested that discontent about the present and nostalgia, devaluing the current state and way of things, is part of aging - of letting go of life, "it's not so good anyway, so might as well resign myself to death"...

It's a doomsday device, faulty reasoning that feeds into a loss of a positive attitude in old age - which causes faster cognitive decline.

No comments:

Post a Comment