06 June 2008
Urgency of the Day’s Issues
Should we feel guilty about not being as urgently concerned with the issues of the early 21st Century as we were with those of the 1960s? It was more the temper of those times to react impetuously to unwanted events. This was partly the result of baby boomers’ coming of age ahead of the IT revolution. The interconnectedness that technological advance made possible served to modulate feelings of alienation and helplessness that broke out in violence and antiestablishment behavior.
It’s not the urgency of our political sentiments that gauges the depth of our convictions. We now have the luxury of wide and near instantaneous interchange of information and views that allows the most thoughtful and passionate of our incipient opinion leaders to “vent their spleens” and create a consensus without engaging in disruptive conduct. Rather than regretting an era of rebellious action, we should be rejoicing that technology has enabled political change with civil order.
Should we feel guilty about not being as urgently concerned with the issues of the early 21st Century as we were with those of the 1960s? It was more the temper of those times to react impetuously to unwanted events. This was partly the result of baby boomers’ coming of age ahead of the IT revolution. The interconnectedness that technological advance made possible served to modulate feelings of alienation and helplessness that broke out in violence and antiestablishment behavior.
It’s not the urgency of our political sentiments that gauges the depth of our convictions. We now have the luxury of wide and near instantaneous interchange of information and views that allows the most thoughtful and passionate of our incipient opinion leaders to “vent their spleens” and create a consensus without engaging in disruptive conduct. Rather than regretting an era of rebellious action, we should be rejoicing that technology has enabled political change with civil order.
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