Young people SHOULD “have it easier” than you did. I’m sorry you got the strap up hill both ways and paid your debts with pounds of flesh, but the reason we work for progress is to make growing up and growing old gentler, easier, kinder, freer. Struggle isn’t necessary in a healthy society.

Got a new phone that came with a free Gemini subscription. My refusal to use AI is now even more difficult, as I accidentally hit things all of the time. All I can think is, "oh god, how much water did I just waste?"