2006-11-06 05:02:00 · 8 answers · asked by Optimistic 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
"Philosopher Onora O'Neill believes cynicism is our response to the information-rich era. Faced with a morass of information on anything from the Iraq war to which pension to buy into - information that few of us have the time to analyse - cynicism is the only realistic way of "interpreting" it all."
I believe this is a reasonable explanation for why we get more cynical as we get older; we simply get so much more information thrown at us.
2006-11-06 06:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by Trubbel 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because you learn as you get older and come to realize that most people in this world suck. That realization only comes with age and as you get older and meet more people, that confirmation becomes increasingly legitimized.
2006-11-06 13:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by superstar_81882 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think as we get older we stop dreaming. When you have a dream, you have lot of hope. Lose the dream, lose the hope. that simple
2006-11-06 13:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a choice. Some people grow wiser through lifes challenges, and others become bitter. It is a choice! :)
2006-11-06 13:11:36 · answer #4 · answered by Ginger Sling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps as we get older we see many things as they truly are!
I know you know time is the great equalizer!
Love your lips!
2006-11-06 13:08:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we realize that we are starting to lose the battles with life itself and aging....
2006-11-06 13:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by mar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I'm mad as hell about it, and really pissed off.
2006-11-06 13:12:09 · answer #7 · answered by Joe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, we don't. It just seems that way.
2006-11-06 13:07:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋