From the outside

[matrixmann]

A vacant question is: How do youngsters that grow in time after your experiences started perceive the world? How do they think about things which you're aware of they've taken hold in your lifetime? How do they live with things which had already been there at the time of their birth?
What do they think about things which they get introduced to which are no deal anymore during the time they are already alive?
What crosses their minds if they're clueless about the development of things which another elder person beside them knows about?
What is the position like if you don't know about any of this? If you just happen to drop in in between somewhere at the timeline and the progress is unknown to you?
What does this ignorance look like from the inside and how much do actually they care?
Can they really imagine the world functioning without certain things they got to know, if they know about it they didn't exist in former times?
And - is it actually a bother to them to think this through?

Comments

[mandarinsun.livejournal.com]

Also, the documentary Connections shows how scientist were looking for one thing and really after years of experiment found something else which would be useful for the younger generation to see. A problem I'd see with showing it to students is that it is very fast paced and they'd love it for that reason, but maybe wouldn't take away from it as much as if they read the same material, but then again they'd never read that. You can watch Connections on You Tube.

[matrixmann]

On this social aspect that you name I better go down on at this comment to not mix it up too much with my intent.

I don't know how to make head or tail of developments. But on the other hand also I'm not addicted to Facebook and to constantly reassure myself if I'm part of the hip group. I have my own definitions about being hip and what to know about. - And, as you can see in the other entry about the cover version of Eiffel 65's "Blue", I also mock it if my knowledge yields it.

The most common thing I hear from people being forced to work with this folks is them being totally non-consistent, choppy in their work, like all of them being sick with ADHD, and them being constantly stuck to their cell-phone like a continuation of a pacifier in early childhood.
And, another thing is, this sounds similar to what you say, they don't see persons of authority, persons of a higher rank within group hierarchy. They treat everyone equal, but also treat them equal when it comes to such a circumstance when somebody's more experienced then them or possesses more knowledge.
Latter thing is something that I'm calibrated to accept and see it, for example.
The consequence out of this circumstance is, whole social life with them is like American politics. Inexperienced snobbish teens try to tell you what to do or give you advice, and in the end they actually don't notice what kind of disaster they make. And you're actually wise enough to know better advice for the situation than them.
And those also can't just shut up and stop causing the next disaster.

I don't know if I should rack my brains about it what will be if these enter the age where they must earn an income. It sounds very natural in their position then to stick as long as it can be with their parents.
So better I also don't try to imagine what if when this self-centered and spoiled young people get enforced into the situation to behave like parents. They actually must experience a hard fall when this becomes the case. It means no more playing child, somebody else is the child (and the center of global interest).