Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

Hello, I am George Orwell. You might know me from works like 1984 and Animal Farm, but today, I want to reflect on a timeless observation of human nature: "Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." When I first expressed this thought, it was a critique of our shared arrogance as humans—an eternal habit of assuming that we, in our present time, hold all the answers. It’s a cycle of pride that blinds us to the wisdom of the past and the potential of the future. In my time, this attitude was evident in the political upheavals of the 20th century. Younger generations dismissed the lessons of history, thinking their revolutionary ideas could override the mistakes of their predecessors. Simultaneously, they viewed the older generations as relics of a bygone, ignorant age. This failure to learn from the past or consider the future led to disastrous consequences—wars, authoritarian regimes, and the suppression of truth.