Naphezu kwempumelelo yakhe, umbhali waseBrithani wezinganekwane zesayensi uCharlie Strauss uzizwa eyisehluleki: ubonakala ehlulekile emsebenzini wokukhula. Ekholamu yakhe, uzama ukuthola ukuthi yini ebangela lo muzwa wokuzizwa uphansi.
Lapho sengizohlanganisa iminyaka engu-52 ubudala, ngokungazelelwe ngabona: Nginomuzwa wokuthi angizange ngibhekane nomsebenzi wokuba umuntu omdala. Kunjani ukuba umuntu omdala? Isethi ethile yezenzo nokuziphatha? Wonke umuntu angenza uhlu lwakhe. Futhi mhlawumbe nawe unomuzwa wokuthi awukwazi ukukufanisa.
Angingedwa kulokhu. Ngazi abantu abaningi babo bonke ubudala, ontanga nabancane, abazibona beyizehluleki ngoba behlulekile ukukhula.
Ngizizwa sengathi angikakavuthwa, kodwa ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi angikawufezi ngempela umsebenzi wokukhula? Ngingumbhali, ngizihlalela eflethini lami, nginemoto yami, ngishadile. Uma wenza uhlu lwakho konke okufanele ube nakho nokuthi yini okufanele ukwenze njengomuntu omdala, ngiyahambisana nakho. Nokho, engingakwenzi akuphoqelekile. Nokho ngizizwa yisehluleki… Kungani?
Ngiseyingane, ngafunda imodeli ukuthi intsha yanamuhla ijwayele kuphela kumafilimu amadala.
Imibono yami mayelana nokuba umuntu omdala yakhiwa ebuntwaneni ngokusekelwe ekuqaphelisweni kwabazali ababehlanganisa iminyaka engu-18 ngasekupheleni kwawo-1930 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1940. Futhi balandela imodeli yokukhula kwabazali babo, ugogo nomkhulu - abathathu kubo angibatholanga bephila. Labo, bona, bakhulela ebudala ngobusuku beMpi Yezwe Yokuqala noma phakathi nayo.
Ngiseyingane, ngafunda imodeli yokuziphatha kwabantu abadala eyaziwa yintsha yanamuhla kuphela kumafilimu amadala. Amadoda ahlala egqoke isudi nesigqoko aye emsebenzini. Abesifazane babegqoka kuphela izingubo, behlala ekhaya futhi bakhulise izingane. Ukuchuma ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo kwakusho ukuba nemoto futhi mhlawumbe ne-TV emnyama nokumhlophe nesicoci se-vacuum—nakuba cishe kwakuyinto ewubukhazikhazi ngawo-1950. Ukuhamba ngendiza kwakuseyinto engavamile ngaleso sikhathi.
Abantu abadala baya esontweni (emndenini wethu, esinagogeni), umphakathi wawunobuntu obufanayo futhi ungabekezelelani. Futhi ngenxa yokuthi angigqoki isudi nothayi, angibhemi payipi, angihlali nomndeni wami emzini wami ngaphandle kwedolobha, ngizizwa njengomfana okhule engakwazi ukuba umuntu omdala, ukuzuza konke umuntu omdala okufanele akwenze.
Mhlawumbe konke lokhu kungamampunge: babengekho abantu abadala abanjalo empeleni, ngaphandle kwabacebile, ababekhonza njengezibonelo kwabanye. Ukuthi nje isithombe somuntu ophumelele osezingeni eliphakathi sesiphenduke isiko. Nokho, abantu abangalondekile, abanovalo bazama ukuzenza bakholelwe ukuthi bangabantu abadala, futhi bazame ukuvumelana nakho konke lokho abanye okuthiwa bakulindele kubo.
Izindawo zasemadolobheni zeminyaka yama-50s nazo zazuza njengefa umbono wokuziphatha kwabantu abadala kubazali bazo. Mhlawumbe nabo babezibheka njengezehluleki ezihlulekile ukukhula. Futhi mhlawumbe izizukulwane ezidlule zazizwa ngendlela efanayo. Mhlawumbe abazali be-conformist bama-1920s nabo behlulekile ukuba "bangempela" obaba bemindeni emoyeni wama-Victorian? Kungenzeka ukuthi bakuthatha njengokuhlulwa ukungakwazi ukuqasha umpheki, incekukazi noma umphakeli.
IGenerations iyashintsha, isiko liyashintsha, wenza kahle konke uma ungabambeleli kowakudala
Lapha abantu abacebile balungile: bangakwazi ukukhokhela konke abakufunayo - kokubili izinceku kanye nemfundo yabantwana babo. Ukuduma kwe-Downton Abbey kuyaqondakala: ikhuluma ngempilo yabacebile, abangafeza konke abakufunayo, baphile ngendlela abafuna ngayo.
Ngokuphambene, abantu abavamile bazama ukunamathela ezingxenyeni zezibonelo zamasiko eseziphelelwe yisikhathi osekunesikhathi eside zanqunywa. Ngakho-ke, uma manje uzingela ngokusebenza kwi-laptop, uma ungagqokile isudi, kodwa ama-hoodies nama-joggers, uma uqoqa amamodeli wemikhumbi-mkhathi, phumula, awusona isiphukuphuku. IGenerations iyashintsha, isiko liyashintsha, wenza kahle konke uma ungabambeleli kowakudala.
Njengoba uTerry Pratchett esho, ngaphakathi kuyo yonke indoda eneminyaka engu-80 ubudala ihlala umfana odidekile oneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ongaqondi ukuthi isihogo senzani kuye manje. Hunga le ngane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili uyitshele ukuthi yenza konke kahle.
Mayelana Nombhali: UCharles David George Strauss ungumbhali waseBrithani wezinganekwane zesayensi futhi owine imiklomelo kaHugo, Locus, Skylark kanye neSidewise.