Generation X and Anything that Falls between the Cracks..

So I keep getting these e-mails on articles about how the past 50 years have been the pinnicle of invention and innovation, thanks to the kids of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Apparently we deal with failure better and are more resilient to change because we grew up without the technology to make things easier. And how do we contribute to this precious society? We invent technology that breeds social anxiety, self-ostracization and plain laziness. Yay for us, the ones who made it on our own - to the future: here's some technology to mess you up so you will not have to play with sticks and stones.

Honestly, we really do not have much to be proud of. The commodified world of technology parallels the Keynesian model of economics. If there wasn't a demand for technology that feeds instant gratification, there wouldn't be the unending race of doing it faster, smaller and better. So before we sit down and pat ourselves on the back for being the original space cowboy, my generation, at least should think about how many of us really played with sticks and stones (masak-masak does not count) and how many of us played with pac-man and donkey kong. We are not the generation that made it without technology - we are the generation that started it all.We were the generation whose impatience demanded instant results at the push of a button.

I am not a technophobe, but I am slightly homeostatic when it comes to superfluous technology. I don't think every kid needs a Playstation (Hell, I got mine when I was 21!), let alone a personal portable one. The irony of a kid in a playground tap-tapping away on his P2P is one we can do without. Forget plug and play, my kids will be the ones running on the beach butt ass naked knowing they can because they are kids.

Currently listening to: I AM - L'Ecole du Micro D'argent