Mr. Smith remembers that when he was a child, the elders wer…

Mr. Smith remembers that when he was a child, the elders were highly respected and sought after for their advice and wisdom. Now that Mr. Smith is approaching his 80th birthday, he is never called on for his expertise and he does not feel that his opinion is valued by young people. The youth seem to just go to the internet to get their questions answered. Mr. Smith’s position in society, as compared to that of his grandfather, is best explained by: