I never saw that attributed to Mark Twain before. I have seen it attributed to both Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. Perhaps the corollary is useful too.
"Youth is wasted on the young and wisdom wasted on the old.". Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw https://rsclweb.com ‘Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.’ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Matt Hogstrom Sent: 14 February 2022 15:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Holy Moly ... Too bad that youth is wasted on the young — Mark Twain [email protected] +1-919-656-0564 “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Feb 14, 2022, at 6:11 AM, Joe Monk <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/business/economy/ibm-age-discrimina > tion.html > > "Another email by a top executive, appearing to refer to older > workers, mentions a plan to “accelerate change by inviting the > ‘dinobabies’ (new > species) to leave” and make them an “extinct species.” > > A third email refers to IBM’s “dated maternal workforce,” an apparent > allusion to older women, and says: “This is what must change. They > really don’t understand social or engagement. Not digital natives. A > real threat for us.” > > Joe > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
