It’s wrong to assume people get wiser just by aging – ID Cabasa

Nigerian music executive, Olumide Ogunade, popularly known as ID Cabasa, has said the assumption that wisdom is associated with aging is flawed.

He argued that a lot of people who are presumed to be wise because of their experiences often posse obsolete experiences.

The 50-year-old noted that wisdom should be determined by competence rather than experience.

Speaking in a recent episode of The Clarity Zone podcast, Cabasa clarified that he isn’t saying that older people are not smart, but that wisdom shouldn’t be determined by age alone.

“The assumption that the older you get, the wiser you are is an assumption that has never been true. I am not saying older people are not smart or wise.

“But most times, people see themselves as wiser because they are more experienced not competent. But most of the experiences that you are bringing, a lot of them are obsolete,” he said.

Cabasa added, “If you are growing as a person, there is a tendency that as you get older, you are going to be wiser. But that isn’t the case if you are not growing but just aging.

“We are dealing with a generation that came with computer OS but you learned how to use computer. So, we need to be careful not to demand for respect only on the basis of age.”