Atlas Shrugged... But not in the way most people would think. I was raised very conservative. Growing up people always talked about how great of an author Ayn Rand was. But when I finally read some of her books, they made me sick. It kind of opened my eyes to how the political beliefs I was given as child clashed with my own personal values.
I always go with experiences over stuff. I want to do something with the people I care about and collect memories instead of things. It gives people the freedom to be as frugal or lavish as they want and I don't have to store or return anything.
10 people were killed in an oil well explosion in 1955. A large group of people had gathered to watch the well be torpedoed (early form of fracking). There's a small plaque at the site now. It's next to a pretty good brewery.
https://wchsutah.org/miscellaneous/escalante-well-explosion.php
Kind of... It's really that weird bridge period between the two generations. 1980 seems to be the sweet spot. The further your birth year is from it, in either direction, the less tech savvy they seem to be.
My kids are in a Chinese dual immersion program. I will never complain about English's foibles ever again. Holy shit is that a terribly inefficient language. Thousands of years of civilization and they're still doing pictograms. I can't even imagine writing a program in Chinese. I'm not sure it would be possible.
I think the people should boycott all headlines with slams in the title. Unless it's about professional wrestling.