I Believe We Need a New Presidential Candidate in 2020.

[MineralMan]

44. It's not really age. It's the times

one lived in, I think. Our personal histories play a large role in our thinking. For example, I was part of the development of computer technology and the meteoric growth of the personal computer and the technology we're using now. However, I lived in a world most of my life when that technology didn't exist or wasn't so all important as it is today. I still remember seeing a television for the first time in 1950. I had one of the first cell phones available.

But, I'm no longer relevant to that technology, even though I was part of its beginnings. I'm not longer a participant in what will come next. Today, our technology simple IS. What that means for the future is something I'm not part of any longer. I'm part of history, not part of the next steps we'll be taking.

I wan't leadership that will be part of the next steps, not leadership that led in the past. While I embrace everything that is real today, I'm no longer part of what will be. I'm from the past. You won't find me sitting in a room discussing the next breakthroughs in anything. 30 years ago, I was in that room, and often leading the conversation.

I want people who can lead the conversation without being so deeply influenced by the past. I will support that new leadership, because it will be setting the course for the future - a future I won't be part of.

It's time to pass the torch, but that doesn't mean that everyone in the Boomer generation is too old to lead. Not by a long shot. But, there is a time to step aside and let the next wave come. For me, it's time.