I am an important person.
I believe this about myself.
However, I’ve hit rock bottom a couple of times. Every time I did, I asked myself, “am I
really an important person?” Do I have
something the world can use? After some
soul searching and a lot of pizza, I usually come to the answer. I am an important person.
Now I try to figure out how I can be an important person to
people. I no longer believe the world
revolves around me, but that I am an integral part of the world. But it isn’t fair to compare teenagers today
versus teenagers who lived in the greatest time period in American history. Our
society was coming off the greatest war in history and the Great Depression. Both periods in American history that
stressed collectivism in society.
Today we value individualism, and dependence on self, but
the problem is as stated in the article, we don’t really know ourselves. How can we make a difference if you don’t
have an identity? I don’t believe that
technology has affected this shift, but probably it is related to cultural and
political shifts. We value individuals
who are independent, whereas after the 1940s, society valued the societal
effort.
So I do believe that further studies are needed before we place the blame on technology.
Technology isn't the main cause or even the cause at all. It just happens to be around and can be seen as a scapegoat I guess. Does it help the shift I think so, but just because it didn't cause the shift doesn't mean it isn't important. Research should be done to truly get to the bottom of it.
ReplyDeleteGreat point. It is hard to compare the two with such big differences occurring. The great depression compared to a technological advancing society are two completely different time periods.
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