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In past, aged contributed memory and experience to their community: now, we contribute imagination, too. Imagination for the longer view; imagination for a future breaking away from the present. Only the elders have this imagination. :- Doug.

Storytelling is about generativity. :- Doug.

What is the turning point of this story? :- Doug.

Games are stories, too! :- Doug.

Stories live on the rim of a precipice. :- Doug.

These years are precious, sacred for the generations. :- Doug.

What value are we to the generations? :- Doug.

What direction are we moving as a people? What exchange might we have among generations? :- Doug.

We older ones are going to be unreasonable. :- Doug.

Old knows what adult cannot guess. :- Doug.

Old people are smarter than you. :- Doug.

Even while being more than doing, elders can be effectual. :- Doug.

Being might be doing seen from the viewpoint of the grandchildren. :- Doug.