But acting like a bully doesn't make you less helpless. It just makes you a helpless bully. - Isaac Asimov

You are now too old to be made a scholar after my fashion, but you are never too old to learn more than you already know and to become able to do more than you already can.

After all, all devices have their dangers. The discovery of speech introduced communication — and lies. The discovery of fire introduced cooking — and arson. The discovery of the compass improved navigation — and destroyed civilizations in Mexico and Peru. The automobile is marvelously useful — and kills Americans by the tens of thousands each year. Medical advances have saved lives by the millions — and intensified the population explosion.

There has never been any custom, however useless it may become with changing conditions, that isn't clung to desperately simply because it is something old and familiar.