My observations is that kids/teens/young adults in some parts of this American landscape are removed from what really goes on in the city, different parts of the country and don't have the actual experiences or even want to have an experience where things are hard. They have had things done for them, sheltered because we want to exclude damaging experiences. Hence everyone gets a trophy so no one feels bad.Parents getting themselves and kids into political fights before they can articulate ideas and feelings. I completely understand the logic here but it is one of the most damaging ways to bring up a child. You learn that some people have more money, opportunities, better family structures, safe malls, and that it APPEARS their lives are perfect. Again it is what is sold to us, not reality. it is better for a child, young adult, teen to know that there will always be someone better than you and worse than you. Some people are handed things, other are not, there are multiple rules of justice and basically the world is not fair. To parents who have kids who have failed and gotten back on their feet there are no award shows, its just what they have to do.
Many parents work hard, two jobs sometimes, laid off, transition from one career to another. The economy doesn't care about you, nor does your employer, your healthcare, sometimes the people around you just don't care. They have seen this pattern in their parents, grandparents older siblings, seen a part of the world that is not responsive to their predicament. Why work? If you function better at 10 am but you have to be there at 8, you have to figure out how much caffine you need to get started. Maybe this new economy will usher in greater compassion, or it could go the other way, everyone but four people struggle day to day. Kids often repeat the patterns they see in their parents lives. It takes a certain person to break those chains.
I just released a commentary on YouTube about how students are using AI to cheat through school and the problem is exactly what you raise here. They aren't doing the work anymore -- they're passing it off to ChatGPT -- so they're effectively being coddled and sheltered by the technology itself. They're abstaining from things that are "hard" and as a result, are further developing learned helplessness.
I'm worried we've created two generations of infantilized adults who want to destroy things rather than grow as individuals. I think we can get to a more compassionate economy, but it will take some work to get there.
I don't feel like this came out the way I wanted it to. I think there's more to it, but I don't quite have the words to describe what "it" is. I think there's a few more threads to pull on this one.
Appreciate the comment and sharing your thoughts. I agree Israel has a right to defend itself as does every country.
Criticizing the policies of a sovereign country is not the same thing as telling that country it does not have a right to defend itself. I want to be explicitly clear that I am in no way suggesting Israel does not have a a right to self defense.
But I am critical of how defense is applied just as I am critical of the United States as well.
The United States has a right to defend itself AND the Iraq War was unjustified. The United States has a right to defend itself AND the withdrawal from Afghanistan was a disgrace.
I have personal experience traveling in the West Bank, speaking with Palestinians, and I myself have been detained and interrogated by the Israeli government.
That is part of my past history and i will standby my statement. It is not a political opinion it is an opinion shaped by personal, first hand experience.
This post isn’t about Israel-Palestine so that is not a topic I want to litigate further.
I also do not want to use this space to have a debate about religion. I would like this space to be one of constructive debate and civil discourse. I do not believe that defaming a religion is constructive or civil.
I’ve lived in the region and experienced great hospitality from Muslims, Jews, and Christians on all sides. I will leave it at that.
My observations is that kids/teens/young adults in some parts of this American landscape are removed from what really goes on in the city, different parts of the country and don't have the actual experiences or even want to have an experience where things are hard. They have had things done for them, sheltered because we want to exclude damaging experiences. Hence everyone gets a trophy so no one feels bad.Parents getting themselves and kids into political fights before they can articulate ideas and feelings. I completely understand the logic here but it is one of the most damaging ways to bring up a child. You learn that some people have more money, opportunities, better family structures, safe malls, and that it APPEARS their lives are perfect. Again it is what is sold to us, not reality. it is better for a child, young adult, teen to know that there will always be someone better than you and worse than you. Some people are handed things, other are not, there are multiple rules of justice and basically the world is not fair. To parents who have kids who have failed and gotten back on their feet there are no award shows, its just what they have to do.
Many parents work hard, two jobs sometimes, laid off, transition from one career to another. The economy doesn't care about you, nor does your employer, your healthcare, sometimes the people around you just don't care. They have seen this pattern in their parents, grandparents older siblings, seen a part of the world that is not responsive to their predicament. Why work? If you function better at 10 am but you have to be there at 8, you have to figure out how much caffine you need to get started. Maybe this new economy will usher in greater compassion, or it could go the other way, everyone but four people struggle day to day. Kids often repeat the patterns they see in their parents lives. It takes a certain person to break those chains.
I just released a commentary on YouTube about how students are using AI to cheat through school and the problem is exactly what you raise here. They aren't doing the work anymore -- they're passing it off to ChatGPT -- so they're effectively being coddled and sheltered by the technology itself. They're abstaining from things that are "hard" and as a result, are further developing learned helplessness.
I'm worried we've created two generations of infantilized adults who want to destroy things rather than grow as individuals. I think we can get to a more compassionate economy, but it will take some work to get there.
I think you’re right. I think you’re definitely on to something.
I don't feel like this came out the way I wanted it to. I think there's more to it, but I don't quite have the words to describe what "it" is. I think there's a few more threads to pull on this one.
Appreciate the comment and sharing your thoughts. I agree Israel has a right to defend itself as does every country.
Criticizing the policies of a sovereign country is not the same thing as telling that country it does not have a right to defend itself. I want to be explicitly clear that I am in no way suggesting Israel does not have a a right to self defense.
But I am critical of how defense is applied just as I am critical of the United States as well.
The United States has a right to defend itself AND the Iraq War was unjustified. The United States has a right to defend itself AND the withdrawal from Afghanistan was a disgrace.
I have personal experience traveling in the West Bank, speaking with Palestinians, and I myself have been detained and interrogated by the Israeli government.
That is part of my past history and i will standby my statement. It is not a political opinion it is an opinion shaped by personal, first hand experience.
This post isn’t about Israel-Palestine so that is not a topic I want to litigate further.
I also do not want to use this space to have a debate about religion. I would like this space to be one of constructive debate and civil discourse. I do not believe that defaming a religion is constructive or civil.
I’ve lived in the region and experienced great hospitality from Muslims, Jews, and Christians on all sides. I will leave it at that.
Fair enough. It’s your space.
We can agree to disagree.