If you remember the Sixties, you weren't there.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Implies that true understanding of the Sixties requires experience that defies simple memory.
- In plain terms
- You only truly understand the Sixties if you lived through them.
- What can you take from it?
- Experience creates understanding that memory cannot match.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines an era?
- Can history be taught or felt?
Another view
Historical study can still provide insight without presence.
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