It is indeed death and a lack of expansion.
To be broken to the point where thought cease to flower new ideas and only memory works is indeed sad.This was deep bro @ejemai. The story of Ayo the philosopher touched me the most. There are truly so many of those kind of folks in the world. They always refer to past achievements never to a future plan or a project that they are on.
We should indeed work towards expanding our thinking, working on our ideas, gathering knowledge and using them. We should be up and about making a difference with our creativity and ability. That is how value is added to the community and that is how communities grow