The age problem

A quick post about age discrimination by Dave Winer. I recommend reading the discussion below the blog post - it reveals a lot about a problem I believe will become much more serious in the years to come.

This comment by jawbaw is interesting:

In general I have noticed there is also a trend for people of the same age to stick together and reject other age brackets. Kids only hang out with kids of the same age, not older or younger.

He notes this as a particular disturbing trait of western culture. The general disrespect for people of other ages is astounding and also a lot more irrational then for example hatred of people of other cultures. The comparison is also interesting because most society (often hypocritically) scoffs at cultural racism but age based insults are taken as norm.