No, We're Not Just "Set in Our Ways" - We've Just Seen More Bad Ideas Than You

Subtitle: Experience isn’t stubborn. It’s survival.

Boomers get a bad rap. We’ve been labeled “rigid,” “resistant,” and “slow to adapt.” But let’s set the record straight: we’re not stubborn. We’re just experienced. That experience includes seeing many flashy ideas crash and burn.

We’ve watched:

• The death of milk delivery and the birth of Instacart

• Home phones turn into pocket-sized tracking devices.

• Tech bros reinvent the bus and call it a “rideshare solution.”

• Floppy disks, CD-ROMs, NFTs—and back again

Here’s the truth:

We do change. We just don’t jump at every shiny object. We evaluate. We question. We remember being promised that margarine was healthier than butter.

So the next time someone says you’re “set in your ways,” smile—and ask them how their last big idea worked out. We’ll wait.

Final thought:

REALLY bad idea!

Older adults aren’t behind the times. We’ve just read the fine print longer—and learned to trust our instincts. And that makes us the most valuable audience you’re probably underestimating.