I always have this thought in my head, how will the many generations to come, know about this period of time that I’m living in? Wouldn’t it be so cool if they, in the very future in time, able to have some piece of information that can be part of their missing puzzle in figuring out what have made 21st century, a 21st century through the eyes of me? I know this sounds very narcissist and who cares about me when there’s so many millions out there who are probably doing the same thing, heck more dependable than my pretentious sociological account.
Well, maybe what I’m trying to prove here is that, in this time of my life, media has empowered us, ordinary human beings so much that made us seems relevant, given us identity and treat us as individuals without the de-personalisation of the mass industrial era. Welcome to the Third Wave as the Tofflers said.
Well, in my very own worldview now, it seems to me that, in this period of time, it is harder to be good than bad. Good and bad in their very own plain definitions and not, divulging into philosophical debate of the degree of goodness and badness. I believe that, we’re living in the century where the good old values of hardwork, loyalty, righteousness, honesty and kindness are being replaced by current imperatives of money, ego, pride, luxury, heighten pleasures, smartness, aggressiveness, stress, instant gratification etc. All these post-modern “values” I believe are derived from the very fact that the circumstances of practicing the good old values are constantly disappearing and what makes more sense today is how much we have accomplished in material sense or in egoistical sense than in giving back to humanity.
Modern technology has progressed so much that we no longer need to plough in manual labour but gradually replaced by the brain power. Rational and analytical thinking has dominated so much of human mind that make it even harder to give kindness as we often think of the various consequences first before helping. Whereas, what constitute helping should be, giving without expecting at the first place. It is harder to appreciate the basic humanity that exists in the origin of us, human being and using our emotions sometimes. We are getting more intelligent each day in every way but not very much in the way that benefits humanity sometimes.
What has gone wrong? Is it because of technology has made it so easy for us that instead of spending time sweating out over something that, it can now be done with just a push of a button or a click? Is it because that we rely so much on technology that we no longer need to put in effort and as the old saying goes, we won’t treasure what we can easily acquire? Maybe it's also because of money or our ability to acquire wealth today.
I live in the world today that I witness the planet is getting so wear-out that we are still not doing enough to minimise or even to reverse the effect. Well, I have little faith that this generation of mine can ever accomplish such miracle feat. I often wonder, if we can put our brain power to certain technological breakthroughs, why can’t we be committed in protecting more of our debilitating environment? Maybe some good works are working-in-progress and I sincerely hope the wait will soon be over.
I am also living in the era where I can no longer make sense out of the younger generation, whatever they’re known as. I don’t seem to “get it” and I believe the sentiment is vice versa. The iPod and PSP-carrying individuals seems to be so attached to their virtual world and second life that what is real to them is so different from mine. I can never be as techno-savvy, as I treasure too many things in concrete format.
Infidelity is also another plaque. I know it is as common as forever, I mean, what is wrong with the world when it glorifies it? It has made being monogamous as being almost a freak. It could be that infidelity has existed since the beginning of human race but because human beings ( I mean, women here) are getting smarter, they too maybe are beginning to accept the various theories of men infidelity and heck, they are catching up now too.
It is so scary to think of the world like me.
