Men over 65 have incredible experience.
Men over 65 have deep wisdom.
If the stories of such older men are not recorded, they will be lost forever.
I present a challenge to the manosphere.
Record the personal histories of those quite older men. Men only. Fathers, grandfathers, and uncles are perfect.
Do this before it’s too late and post the stories here.
These stories are vital for social history and for spreading wisdom.
To that end, I have created a part of my blog where these stories can be stored.
Some ground rules -
- Only men over 65 years old (Baby boomers need not apply unless there is some true wisdom and not shallow self-indulgence).
- Appropriate file formats if the story is recorded and linked to (Word, text, .WAV, .MP3, etc.)
- About another man (not you)
- Any theme is appropriate – work, politics, history, relationships, social history, anything. This is about the story of older men.
- If audio or video, the files must be easily heard/viewed. There is nothing worse than garbled audio and difficult to view video. If the file can’t be heard/seen, what’s the point?
If this project gets enough attention, I will personally find a way to publicize this effort.
Are you looking to find men for this project? Volunteer.
Volunteer at an active retirement community or nursing home just to listen to the stories and history of men in their later years. Volunteering is easy, put in a call in to the activities director and tell them you want to write or record the stories of the men. You will be welcomed and appreciated. I strongly recommend this to all men in the manosphere.
Use the Veterans History Project guidelines – http://www.loc.gov/vets/moreresources.html. There are great resources in the Veterans History Project.
I have a secondary website where these stories/files could be posted should this endeavor become popular. Once started in the manosphere, the stories of older men can easily go viral, such are the amazing stories of men of a certain, older age. This is history, it must be documented.
Spread the word. Document the stories. Men are important.
Dalrock
/ March 7, 2011Great idea. I’ve submitted this to Reddit. Hopefully they like it. If they do that can drive an incredible amount of traffic here. You might also want to ask Welmer if you can submit this as a guest post on the Spearhead. I’ll do a post referencing this later in the week as well, once my three part series is done.
theprivateman
/ March 7, 2011I’ve already contacted Welmer. And thanks for the link over at Reddit and the future link at your website.
Badger
/ March 8, 2011Here’s one old man’s story…
http://solomongroup.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/proverb-27-how-women-age-beautifully/
Victorian Lady
/ March 9, 2011We were reading the Solomon story you recommended (link to Solomon Group) about the 72 year old man discussing his wife vs. modern women. The site has now been dismantled; does anyone have a copy of that story?
theprivateman
/ March 9, 2011There is some stuff going on with Solomon. Of what, I have no clue.