Amethyst
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
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Last night, I had a two-hour talk with a college-age cousin who said almost exactly the same thing (I'm beginning to suspect there's a script issued to younger people).
My message to him is that social media is a two-edged sword: While it's wonderful to exchange photos and news at the speed of electrons, and look up any fact you want on your hand-held device, beware of the great time suck.
The generation that sent people to the moon, had only TV and papers to distract them. Nowadays we (and they, if alive) have far more enticing distractions...beware that they don't consume your intellect and your life.
My message to him is that social media is a two-edged sword: While it's wonderful to exchange photos and news at the speed of electrons, and look up any fact you want on your hand-held device, beware of the great time suck.
The generation that sent people to the moon, had only TV and papers to distract them. Nowadays we (and they, if alive) have far more enticing distractions...beware that they don't consume your intellect and your life.
I don't think 80 is the new 60. Rather 50 is the new 60.
These days stress (mental stress) of a Job consumes one's energy more than it used to in old days. More people burn out at work than they used to.
In olden days, one income family lived happily. Now, dual income families are struggling to meet (illusionary) societal expectations. Society is living on drugs (whether ADHD, stimulants, anti-anxiety and many others).
Few decades back, we made it to moon. Now we celebrate if we send a rocket in outer space. Earlier, we invented new things all the time. Now innovation involves apps to post pictures of what food someone had for lunch and share that with social friends.
And no.. I am not a boomer. Just another (almost) burnt-out cog in the machine.