Doesn't every generation feel that way about the ones that came after? I was born in the mid 80s, so growing up I got to explain the internet to the disbelieving adults (people's initial reactions to crypto seem comically similar) and then go outside and hunt, fish, and grow our own food. Growing up, I was in awe of my dad's knowledge and ability to work on cars but nowadays I'm the more knowledgeable just because of how much things have changed since then. Can't help but wonder if 'kids these days' won't be better able to function in that future world that is to come than us analog old farts.
That being said, unplug from the fucking Matrix. Had too much fun as a kid getting computers to do things the adults didn't know they could for me to ever be particularly trusting of technology. Between that and just watching how much the internet has changed as made me ever less fond of it. Lol, with the way things are going in this world the kids could get a crash course in living in an analog world at any time.
This is somewhat of a generalisation I guess, something I didn't allude to in the post as I felt it unnecessary. People's experiences are different a ross ages and generations and also where locations and particular situations are concerned: Countries, city's, rural areas, economic demographics, cultural backgrounds. And then there's people like you and I who sort of walk multiple paths right?
People (and I don't mean in third world countries) think they're so clever these days and yet don't know how to feed themselves, grow,/garden, track hunt and process food. Most don't know how to cook, repair things, or build them, and seem happy to live in an environment in which pedo's get let off with warnings to re-offend and one gets a tougher penalty for tax evasion than rape. There's a multitude of other things but you get my point.
Anyway, talking about analogue...I'm the guy that would be happy for the power to go out indefinitely. That would make me so happy. Others? Well, it'd not go so well for them.
Hell, things like generations and decades are more an artifact of historians' fetish for organization than anything else. Yeah, for me it was walking the multiple paths that really opened my eyes to what a range of experiences there are out there. I may have went on a tangent, I mostly just meant to ask how much are we just imitating our parents and their parents and how much is the world genuinely worse?
Heh, for a few minutes in 2020 I was almost hopeful that some clever folks might be in for an education. Here it's less 'seem happy to live in an environment...' and more people feel powerless to change it, and they tend to be preoccupied with just getting by. Then again they're not prosecuting much in the way of tax evasion or rape here, just drugs. I know what you mean though, it feels like the wild west around here.
Curious you mention that, came back from a long weekend last Monday and the power was out. Didn't think anything of it for an hour or two, until I remembered I had a quarter of a hog in the basement freezer. Had to find a working freezer to relocate it to temporarily, but I guess until that's about gone I can't say I'd be happy if the power went out. After that though...
Australia follows America so (most of) your issues are ours, although on a smaller scale. There's things unique to you and us but generally it's similar.
There's so many issues and not a lot of solutions (for various reasons) and that's a bit sad I think, that people seem disinclined to ask the tough questions and actually seek resolutions or even a way forward as a minimum.
Anyway, if the power went out there'd be a lot of unhappy people initially and then less because some would cease to be and then even less and then...I think that's when people you and I would come into our own. You know, prepared people.