I think part of the problem is that the kids are being told they have no future, that everything is doomed, that they won't live to have kids and if they do their kids won't live to have kids...
It's all bullshit. Life is harder than it was for the boomers, but history is written by those who show up, and those who show up do have a chance at succeeding.
On the other hand, the first enlightenment happened in part because people stopped meeting in the beer halls and started meeting in the coffee houses. The sober mind is critical to coming up with the next generation of greatness.
We're chemically more sober than ever before, less alcohol than any other generation for example, but we're intellectually intoxicated thanks to a finely tuned machine intended to be spiritual soma.
It's all bullshit. Life is harder than it was for the boomers, but history is written by those who show up, and those who show up do have a chance at succeeding.
On the other hand, the first enlightenment happened in part because people stopped meeting in the beer halls and started meeting in the coffee houses. The sober mind is critical to coming up with the next generation of greatness.
We're chemically more sober than ever before, less alcohol than any other generation for example, but we're intellectually intoxicated thanks to a finely tuned machine intended to be spiritual soma.
I've been reading Beowulf to my son, and I know he tolerates it rather than really liking it -- I don't like it either but I think it's important. My wife goes "he doesn't like that!" Expecting me to stop and I just go "I know" and keep reading anyway lol
Just like what you said, parents need to be parents and that means doing what's right instead of what's easy.
Just like what you said, parents need to be parents and that means doing what's right instead of what's easy.
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