I have a question for everybody. Does anybody think that enough men and women today are capable of overcoming the shortcomings I mentioned above, in order for our society/civilization to survive should something happen to our technology, and everybody would have to revert to our traditional roles for things to work? Keep in mind that those roles required extreme self discipline BTW.

My opinion is that I don't think so. Man ............. woman ................... it makes no difference. The bulk of those roles included tasks that most people turn their noses up at today. And the family unit was critical. I think society would have to collapse completely first. We need to pay more respect to those folks today. An elderly person used to be priceless. A storehouse of all important knowledge.

Sorry about the brief sidetrack. But this does fit the aging part. Will people remain brainwashed? Or wise up to the important knowledge they want to over ride before it's too late?