An old man telling an old story

Talking about the past is not in itself harmful.

• It is often useful to bring up strongly related past story B in response to current topic A
• The problem is that they come up with a weak related C
  • The old man has not observed A closely enough recently to recognize that A and C are far apart due to the low resolution of the horizontal axis. - [See figure under Cognitive Resolution.
  • He has a low cognitive resolution, so he can't recognize that he's saying the wrong thing C.
    • He thinks he's doing B.
    • People with high cognitive resolution neglect it because they feel that "C is a story that has nothing to do with A".
    • The old man is angry at this, saying that "B is beneficial, but he doesn't understand it and neglects it.
      • He's angry that "old things have value, but young people don't understand that."
    • This is the problem with the old man not being able to distinguish between B and C.

Other problems are also likely to occur

• Saying the same thing over and over again

• Assume you don't know something the listener already knows and explain it. This is not unique to the elderly, although it tends to occur in the elderly.

• People who don't feel their words have been received repeat the same thing.

  • People who keep insisting on the same thing at meetings.
  • The person is being ignored because he/she is saying something misguided on the subject, but he/she does not feel that his/her statement has been accepted, so he/she makes the same statement repeatedly.
  • The hand used to deal with the situation is to take it once and write "let's discuss it later" on the whiteboard #ParkingLot

• Assume ignorance and give explanations to women mansplaining.

• reminiscence to old person.

  • problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

• Thinking like something similar in the past

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