Liberation Day

The Evolution of Intelligence “ The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.” This allegation from Ernest Hemingway reveals that youth and elders have different ideologies towards the connection of intelligence and age.Young people feel that their intelligence makes up for their lack of experience where older people feel that their experience makes up for any lack of intelligence. I agree with this quote because I think people learn by their mistakes through experience which leads to a knowledge of not doing wrong twice. Everyone is always seeking intelligence though.Youth and elders both desire it but I feel that it could never be obtained; understanding is the only reliable source of learning. The two articles that clearly express this remark are “David Foster on Life and Work,” by David Foster and “What I think and Feel at 25,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the act of folly, youth often react to this due to the lack of experience. In the article, “David Foster on Life and Work,” he explains that youth often feel that they have the freedom to do whatever they want. They are “the center of the universe” because they have not yet entered that mundane lifestyle that he perceives getting old is all about. He believes that once you get past your 20’s, you “might as well shoot yourself” because life is now a plan instead of an adventure. The way he depicts going to the supermarket is more of a hackneyed involvement because it has already been done for so many days and years before. The youth have not done those daily tasks so it is more of a learning experience. The common theme is that elders just live in a routine due to the daily challenges of life. Youth often are excited to finally live on their own but don’t know what they are actually getting themselves into. They have to go through new stresses such as work, money, marriage, and so much