Sometimes a picture really is worth a 1000 words. #newgeneration
Is it really possible that the new generations could grow into even bigger individualists than what people are today ? To be clear,my intention is not to insult or judge. Because even posting this I feel like one of the representatives of the whole ''like'' generation,(even though I am not that young) gaining points from other people's likes. But what is going to happen in 10-20 years from now, when generations that grew up on facebook, instead on playground, are young individuals?
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I think its better to think like this. In this current generation, it is much easier to get recognition for the small things you do. In the past, give a random person some money on the street, the highest honor was someone saying thank you. And that was enough. Now you see people giving $20 to someone, slapping some inspirational music on it, and getting 500,000 hits on youtube. Suddenly, a simple thanks seems so much cheaper. So, I wouldn't say the generations are gaining "greed". More of, we are witnessing an inflation of the price of human value. What seemed like natural praise before, has turned into just a tiny amount of praise. Now people complain about only having 100 facebook friends because it just seem like you should have more. But think back 50, or even just 20 years ago, saying you ONLY have 100 friends would get you laughed at.
I completely agree with you on this one! Quite a nice angle to look at it, and I totally agree that is inflation of human value. But nevertheless, one cannot avoid but imagine how it will actually look, 10-20 years from now. I mean, just explaining to my parents how important ''friends'' on facebook are to some people, is a mission impossible. Could it be that my generation will also face the same problems of not understanding, once we are parents. Hope not :) I guess, Midnight in Paris(the movie) explains in best way how people tend to believe it was always better before.