Where in the last few decades has quantity become an acceptable substitute for quality? We don't try as a society anymore. We don't build the quality products anymore because we just say it's so cheap to replace something that it's acceptable that it breaks after a few months, weeks, or days of use. Where is the products like my moms 13-year-old microwave oven that still works fine? Instead we have the game stations that die after a few months. Don't support the shoddy made products just to save 5 dollars. Make the manufactures start producing quality products again.
Also why don't we try to build anything lasting anymore? Is it because we are so use to change that we've come to expect it? We build new building out of cinder block and pressed stryophone instead of marvelous wonders of architecture brilliance out of marble and quartz. We assume that the new food place is only going to last 5 to 10 years max so we don't even try to build lasting structures. Due to this our cities are littered with half filled strip malls and the beautiful trees and oasis of nature are vanishing.
What types of world are we leaving are children and how is our reckless ways affecting them already? ADD and other attention span disorders are diagnosed in more children than ever and at younger ages. We know this is due to us always being on the run and them spending often more quality time with their TV than their parents but things still don't change. Norman Rockwell's happy American dream is dead and has been replaced by a high tech world full of automatic computer phone support and 99-cent menus.
What can we do to fix the direction we are heading in? We can't pull away from the positive enhancements technology has made on our society such as better communications and the ability to learn more than ever before. We as adults have to take responsibility for the world growing around us and try to moderate the new high tech super fast society with some old fashion morals and quality family time. Turn off your playstation and spend some time just playing with play dough with your kids. Instead of the fast food gobbled on the way home to get in font of your favorite show, turn the TV off and hang out in the backyard grilling out tossing a ball around talking about everyone’s day. Visit the library, a museum, or a zoo instead of seeing 5-second gifs of them on a web page. A computer screen is never equal to the sights and smells of a real experience. Live life slower when you have the chance because we are responsible for training our kids to be the adults of tomorrow and caretakers of the fragile world we leave behind.
Also why don't we try to build anything lasting anymore? Is it because we are so use to change that we've come to expect it? We build new building out of cinder block and pressed stryophone instead of marvelous wonders of architecture brilliance out of marble and quartz. We assume that the new food place is only going to last 5 to 10 years max so we don't even try to build lasting structures. Due to this our cities are littered with half filled strip malls and the beautiful trees and oasis of nature are vanishing.
What types of world are we leaving are children and how is our reckless ways affecting them already? ADD and other attention span disorders are diagnosed in more children than ever and at younger ages. We know this is due to us always being on the run and them spending often more quality time with their TV than their parents but things still don't change. Norman Rockwell's happy American dream is dead and has been replaced by a high tech world full of automatic computer phone support and 99-cent menus.
What can we do to fix the direction we are heading in? We can't pull away from the positive enhancements technology has made on our society such as better communications and the ability to learn more than ever before. We as adults have to take responsibility for the world growing around us and try to moderate the new high tech super fast society with some old fashion morals and quality family time. Turn off your playstation and spend some time just playing with play dough with your kids. Instead of the fast food gobbled on the way home to get in font of your favorite show, turn the TV off and hang out in the backyard grilling out tossing a ball around talking about everyone’s day. Visit the library, a museum, or a zoo instead of seeing 5-second gifs of them on a web page. A computer screen is never equal to the sights and smells of a real experience. Live life slower when you have the chance because we are responsible for training our kids to be the adults of tomorrow and caretakers of the fragile world we leave behind.