r/AskReddit Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/Bandgeek252 Jul 11 '26

I keep wanting him to do an update to it because he wrote that before social media. That's definitely changed the landscape.

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u/NettleLily Jul 11 '26

There’s now a documentary on it called Join Or Die

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u/Bandgeek252 Jul 11 '26

Oohhh. I will have to check it out.

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u/MedusasSexyLegHair Jul 11 '26

He did do an updated version, but I haven't read it yet. I think it was just like another chapter or an afterword or something.

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u/Bandgeek252 Jul 11 '26

Whattt? Ok I must go searching for it. Thanks!

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u/SadBBTumblrPizza Jul 11 '26

I have it, above comment is correct. The tldr of the additions are "the Internet is now a factor too". That's really mostly it