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Interview Transcript
Question: How will this age be remembered?
Rick Warren: We’re living in an age of great anxiety. We’re living in an age of great turmoil. Every age has been a time of change. But what’s different about the beginning of the 21st century is not only are we changing, but the speed of change has increased rapidly. Just think of the technology we didn’t have 10 years ago. Skype, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, text messages on cell phones. Ten years ago we didn’t have two billion people with cell phones around the world.
Things are moving faster, and things are getting smaller. The world is getting smaller. So the only thing that we know for certain about the future is it’ll keep changing.
Recorded on: December 11, 2007
How will this age be remembered?
Pastor, Saddleback Church
We are living in an age of great anxiety.
February 4, 2008 | In Future, Science & Tech
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David Fishman on February 9, 2008, 1:47 PM
Wow. What an ideology aimed at the lowest common denominator. Change is only threatening to those who can’t keep up.
Chris DeBruyn on February 14, 2008, 3:54 PM
Of course we are living in an age of anxiety – life is fragile, and short, and full of random brutal accidents.
But is it any worse now than it has been for all of human civilization?
We live in an age when the average age is increasing almost quickly – up to 85 years currently. Compare that to any other period of time and we are much better off. Better medicine, better technology, more comprehensive social safety nets.
Virtually everything is better now than it has ever been.
I would even argue that the decline in participation in religions is directly related to the reduction in anxiety among the general populace.
I would argue that we in the US are living in a golden age to rival the great golden ages of the past.
Aley Martin on February 29, 2008, 3:14 PM
You can thank the “so called” leaders of our country for the anxiety we feel. They inspire fear in their every move.
It is always the same, keep people afraid,and keep them in line. No wonder we are all anxious. News reports instill fear, advertising promotes fear, we live with fear at every turn.
When someone inspires us with the idea of hope, we need to listen. The reason people do not feel comfortable with it is because it is unusual.
A sad commentary…
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