Sheep to Society

[myvoice]

I worry about future generations. I look at the generation directly beneath my own and see them lacking so much. It's sad when we need a new dictionary for chat-speak because the latest generations are too lazy to even write out an entire word. It seems the increase in technology leads to a decrease in intelligence. Ever since I got a cell phone, my memory has decreased. Who shouldn't it? I don't need to use it near as much anymore. As a child, I could remember multiple phone numbers and now I can barely remember my own. I see an even greater gap forming from the upper class and lower class and this gap is not directly due to just our economy. Those with intelligence are making new technologies that the lower class is becoming dependent on. They keep getting richer and richer and the mass of the population keeps getting dumber and dumber. We're becoming sheep to the system. Do you not see it?
It seems to be human nature to follow, we just have a faulty system of choosing WHO to follow. Just like in wolf packs, most wolves follow while some were just born into a natural state of leadership. Human history shows we follow a similar path - just with horrible judgement of who to follow. Change is made by the herders - be it good or bad. If you choose a corrupt leader, such as Hitler, you end up with the holocaust. If you choose a good-hearted leader, like Martin Luther King Jr., you end up with the civil rights movement and success. If you choose to follow multiple leaders with mixed agendas, such as today's political leaders and the media, you end up with a very confused and corrupted society, such as our society in America.

Comments

[skykomish]

You're talking about two different things. The advent of technology leading to laziness and therefore stupidity, and who to follow in a political sense. Technology is a double edged sword. It has led to so many advances in medicine and humanity, yet taken away some of the more basic human needs and abilities. I personally feel it is important to know how to survive on a basic level, not only to maintian the foundations upon which we base our culture, but also in case said culture fails. I don't believe political leaders have much input on the advancement of technology. There is some influence on its regulation, but American society would not as a whole allow that which would be prevented by a political leader (ie genocide). If anything we need a cultural shift towards responsibility and basic understanding of the foundations of our society/culture. I just don't feel that's related to our political leader.

[myvoice]

The leader does not need to be political just as the changes must not be large (as I spoke of in a previous entry). I am encouraging each of us to strive to be a great leader for those around us (be it our neighbors, friends, family, or the whole world) or at least choose who you follow carefully. A leader can be anyone - not just a political leader.
I agree that we need to know how to survive on a basic level and definitely agree that we need a cultural shift.