I saw this video on swiss-miss, and I really really connected with it. I think anyone born before 1980 can relate to it too. Amazing perspective on how far we've come, and how much today's generation takes for granted:
you can't have my lunch money
Shame on you! Don't bully the kids!
My observations tell me more adults 30+ years throw tantrums over technology than do adults under 30. What age group is most responsible for the global fiscal catastrophe we're in?
I agree with the banner of simplicity and less excess. Toning down to simplicity should be more about our relationships with each other and our fragile natural environment. Complaining the kids are worse today than ever has some truth, but such a truth is evident in all previous generations. In some ways, I think the "kids" are merely reflections of ourselves.
I enjoyed looking at the interview....
but...In my experience I have not seen as many young people complain about delayed flights etc. than my own crowd...and slightly younger. In airports as well as in other "stand by" situations young people are more likely to start a conversation, even a game and complain less. The argument that one has to look at the bright side is not a bad one, but it is also a bottomless one. What about reacting to an eminent crash by saying: "..look, you were flying, was n't that a wonderful experience?.."..or "yes the bungyjump broke down but was it not a unique experience before these elastic bands started cracking under your weight?..." For every situation in life there is a worst one and so the argument that you are lucky to be in the slightly better one always works. On the other hand it has been the quest for better, for more efficient and for more equal opportunities, eco-friendly solutions etc that has or will push society forwards, not the complacency of finding a reason to enjoy what you already have. Of course we should be fully aware of the joys provided by the fortunate circumstances in which we live, but not as a reason to reduce our willingness to improuve it. To expect an plane, a train or an ambulance to be on time is not a lack of appreciation for the wonders of flying, traveling or health care, it is just a way of pushing for improuvements on an already exciting experience...and young people are fully prepared to do just that.
A quick phone aside, I lived...
A quick phone aside, I lived on a farm in Zimbabawe until '82, The phones in rural areas then were unbelievable, wooden boxes with some sort of winding device as a dialer and all this on a party line.
I also remember my parents saving all the little bits of left over soap and mashing them up in a jug to make new soap, but we also had nannys, a gardener and a cook who literally lived in mud huts.
Times they have-a-changed.
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