Within the time-biased narrative frameworks of neoliberal individualism, old people are the keepers of wisdom that has been passed down for generations, usually orally, and these time-tested ways of understanding and relating to surroundings are passed down so they will continue indefinitely. Looking backward in time and wanting to uphold what's come before is important to this type of folklore. This is paired with the idea of spatial discontinuity, of sticking to what's known and familiar, both geographically and intellectually. With this attitude comes a suspicion of new ideas, the perception of the world beyond the immediate community as full of unknown dangers and influence that brings the culturally destructive changes of time, and a devaluation of the perspective of young people as inexperienced and foolish until they "come of age" and realize the old ways are necessary and must be protected and continue forever. Space bias is the perspective of a total interconnectivity, an expansive worldview, both geographically and intellectually. With that comes the idea that everything is limited by time, and that the changes that time brings are necessary and inevitable. These stories look forward in time, favor adaptive and dynamic modes of existence, say things like "children are our future" and "the only constant is change" -- the young are seen as sets of fresh eyes, bringers of innovation. People from other places are viewed with curiosity about the new ideas they might bring, rather than as suspicious foreigners who could corrupt the continuity of the old ways.