I've been thinking about this recently ... at least in my country people keep saying that everything was better - back then". Back then usually refers to their youth because this is usually voiced by old men and women who rant about how reckless the youth and what a rotten place the world has become to be. I've gotten used to that as old people's rant but in the recent years I noticed that a lot more people say this who are just in the middle of their twenties or at the beginning of their thirties. They complain about today's youth being unfriendly and much less polite than themselves at that time, the world is so much more violent and sick, less money, less time, less everything. My facebook wall is flooded with posts who my friends liked that go somewhere along the lines like "oh, do you remember, the 90's when we still put a pencil into a cassette to rewind it, good ol' times" and when I scroll to the comment section people do no nothing but rant about how times have changed to the worse.
So, back to my original question, what do you think about this? Has the world really become a worse place than "back then" (whenever that was) or is this kind of rant just like Nostalgia implemented in human nature and might therefore reappear with every generation? How do you feel about the world today when you compare it to the world you experienced in your childhood?
Personally, I tend to equalize the pros and cons of everything, like the spreading of technology. It's true, people should probably spend less time in front of some screen, social media or whatever because they're flooded with information that they don't actually need but suddenly feel dependant on ("wait a sec, I'll check my facebook - did you know that Katie has a boyfriend now?"). On the other hand it's so much easier to stay in touch with people wherever they are without worrying about the cost of a call, I don't have to drive 40 minutes to my university to see that class is cancelled (well, I still have to because I never check it online, but I could spare me that). I don't think that much about people's behaviour has changed, at least not only one way, people have become much more accepting of things (like gender and race equality and stuff like that) but maybe they also have become more violent, especially in voicing their opinions and insulting people online. About money and time, it's a given thing that I had less money and more time when I was a kid, that honestly doesn't surprise me.
That's it from my side, I'm curious to hear what you have to say on that matter.
So, back to my original question, what do you think about this? Has the world really become a worse place than "back then" (whenever that was) or is this kind of rant just like Nostalgia implemented in human nature and might therefore reappear with every generation? How do you feel about the world today when you compare it to the world you experienced in your childhood?
Personally, I tend to equalize the pros and cons of everything, like the spreading of technology. It's true, people should probably spend less time in front of some screen, social media or whatever because they're flooded with information that they don't actually need but suddenly feel dependant on ("wait a sec, I'll check my facebook - did you know that Katie has a boyfriend now?"). On the other hand it's so much easier to stay in touch with people wherever they are without worrying about the cost of a call, I don't have to drive 40 minutes to my university to see that class is cancelled (well, I still have to because I never check it online, but I could spare me that). I don't think that much about people's behaviour has changed, at least not only one way, people have become much more accepting of things (like gender and race equality and stuff like that) but maybe they also have become more violent, especially in voicing their opinions and insulting people online. About money and time, it's a given thing that I had less money and more time when I was a kid, that honestly doesn't surprise me.
That's it from my side, I'm curious to hear what you have to say on that matter.