When the whole world is talking about AI, it still feels so disconnected from my hometown...

You guys are discussing which token is cheaper, while back home they are still arguing over who gets to keep the pack of cigarettes on the banquet table.
I heard that my cousin from afar earns 5000 RMB a month, and I dare not say that I spent $1000 this month subscribing to Cursor/Claude Code.
Watching TV in the village at night, I saw Eileen Gu winning a gold medal, and neither my uncle nor my grandfather even knew who she was.
During the intense pain of urban modernization, technology, capital, information, and cognition have undergone multiple leaps in a very short period, but the physical world and social structures haven't kept up.
So, the best way is:
- Listen more, argue less
- When needed, quietly lend a helping hand and incorporate politeness
- Accept that this disconnect might last quite a while longer, and embrace the differences in understanding