Fads once used to define cultures between generations. However, it is now common for generations just a few years apart to be as distant as they are from their parents. This is illustrated with the rise in popularity of limelight-craving shows and websites, each targetted to a specific group. Will this trend of generation isolation continue until such a point is reached that people can only identify with those within a few years of their own age? Is this a trend of superficiality or simly a positive direction that is not understood?
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Roy Follendore III on January 16, 2008, 3:17 AM
I see what you are saying but this is not new and I therefore am not as sympathetic that there is as much a problem as you seem to state. What we are witnessing is the basic truth that we human beings have always been isolated and we tend to act to remain isolated. The fact is that we are all communicating more than ever. People are actors who tend to cooperate in their roles through intellectual fads. Fads are psychological trends that arise from group dynamics rather than truly intelligent cognitive acts of individuals. People do change their minds about things because a lifetime can be a very long time.. It is the human ability to transcend self induced intellectual isolation through communication that should be considered with equal regard.
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