The Retirement Revolution Will Not be Televised
What are you rebelling against?
A revolution begins with small acts of rebellion. The revolution that gave birth to the United States began with a few thrown snowballs and harsh words in Boston.
If you are reading this you probably spent much of your youth either participating in or observing acts of rebellion through images delivered by a dumb, black and white, no def, snowy, television tube attractively packaged in a plastic or metal woodgrain box.
We have lived the history so I will skip the obligatory recap of the social upheaval of the 60s and 70s. That past only lives in our heads and endless documentaries streamed via our smart, 75", Neo QLED, 8K, 16:9, 7680 × 4320 pixels screens dangling from our walls.
In spite of the 60-year long parade of televised horror to sell advertising time, Gil Scott-Heron was correct. The revolution will not be televised. The Revolution will put you in the driver's seat. The revolution will be live.
How can the retired children of the revolution return to the driver’s seat? Metaphorically, do we need to be in the driver’s seat? Isn’t it time we handed over our keys to the next generation? Literally, do we want to hand over our keys and driver’s seat to someone whose full attention is only given to images and sounds on a…
