Thinking about the next generation – x, y or z

“I once knew a little boy in England who asked his father, “Do fathers always know more than sons?” and the father said, “Yes.” The next question was , “Daddy, who invented the steam engine?” and the father said, “James Watt.” And then the son came back with “—but why didn’t James Watt’s father invent it?””

Steps to an Ecology of Mind – Gregory Bateson