Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is
writing a book. – Cicero (106BC-43BC)
When I ran into this quote, I saved it with the hope of coming up with something to say. But it, along with the heading – seem to say everything I would like to say – in a lot less words.
I’ve used this quote a lot. We seem to view hindsight through a special lens that is far more flattering than the reality. Well, in my day…
It is kind of weird. A couple of months ago, a guy sent me a email talking about how much better cars were 40 years ago. He even included some pictures of crappy Buicks.