Perhaps it is cynicism but, the older I get, the more convinced I become that we're really not as smart as we think we are. It seems like we're always coming up with new ideas and thoughts ... and we always think they are better than all previous ideas and thoughts. Really?

I remember a few years ago when the word "process" started to be bandied around all over the place, as in "he's a big process guy" or "we must define the process". It took me awhile but eventually I figured out that "process" really wasn't anything more than what we had started using the word "system" to mean 20 years prior to that. And we thought we were all "cutting edge" when we did that, too!

I think that sometimes we become our own worst enemies, convincing ourselves that we are smarter and more advanced than those who went before us.

That is a dangerous place to go if you ask me but human nature and pride do so want to take us there.