This exactly what's wrong with this generation

[petrus4]

you need to go back out to the woods 

There has been serious consideration given to the idea of moving to Coober Pedy.  It's an opal mining town in the middle of the desert.  It's half way between Adelaide and Alice Springs, on the Sturt highway, which AFAIK is the only road connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory.



I figure that if I am going to be safe anywhere from the depravity of Ray Kurzweil, that might be the place.

[space otter]

well pets r us  you have made me go look up ray kurzwiel


https://www.inverse.com/article/33373-ray-kurzweil-singularity-thoughts

wow what a guy.. he's what a call someone trying to reinvent the wheel instead of using it

we are already connected to "the cloud" or in my terms the 'universe'..some quiet time and meditation and you're in..no need for skullcaps covered in electrodes

i stopped reading those sci fi (?) books.. well i think after
stranger in a strange land...lol...
just stay in the garden~sky mode and try for being happy

i have seen many programs on Coober Pedy..hey you might  find some really nice opals and get rich.. i understand opals are really in now and bring a nice sum

thanks for making me go learn something new
and for what it's worth you are sounding much calmer and accepting of yourself..
congrats on that

[petrus4]

wow what a guy.. he's what a call someone trying to reinvent the wheel instead of using it

Exactly the point, otter.  He is completely insane.

and for what it's worth you are sounding much calmer and accepting of yourself..
congrats on that

Thank you.

[Somamech]

I wouldn't call having a mobile a tool of the YOUNG!

Sheesh I work with people who are in their 60's voting for singer's on the voice or x-factor! Karoke TV!  They spend money on that Jank voting for them! 

Is it bad though?  One friend at work who just turned 57 is so obsessed with Dami IM (a winner from X-Factor) that he rekindled his love of art and started drawing her in Charcoal and has Donated all money made to some Charity called Compassion which help's young kid's.  He has donated 8000 AUD through his weird obsession! He has also improved his English which he is quite happy about

I also jumped into having a mobile last year when I was in Taiwan... They are amazing now and work much more like a computer rather than a hindrance.  It's pretty amazing to be in a country where, in my case I don't know the lingo, and I can Navigate anywhere I want! 

I think the main issue of this thread is that young people are either making money, or more to the point thinking they can make money by going viral on the web for being complete sap's on socitey... and I wholly agree with that !  

Basically SOME young people are being misled into thinking they can become the next youtube star, or instagram hit due to precence of time when total no-one's really did do just that, they became star's making money! 

Once you get a new mobile with a large 5 inch screen from having nothing like me, it's awesome!  They serve their purpose

I have a beef regarding age and technology!  How come we are talking to home assistant's and calling them Google, Siri, Cortana or Alexa?  Respect to Gene is needed here.  We should pass a law so they are just called COMPUTER! 

[petrus4]

Soma, I do not believe that mobile phones (and particularly smartphones) are a technology that was invented with fundamentally benevolent intentions.  Good forms of technology do exist, but the smartphone is not one of them.

[Shasta56]

They were invented to make money for someone.  They can be very handy when a family group of 6 or 7 is out somewhere, and trying to keep up on where everyone is.  Saves a lot of walking around Disneyland yelling someone's name.  It's also helpful when Grandma is stuck in traffic, and can call the 7 year old, so she isn't panicking at the bus stop.  Having the phone repeatedly play the theme from SpongeBob, when said 7 year old is calling Grandma at work, is a downside.

Shasta

[biggles]

lol Shasta. xo

[ArMaP]

What's wrong with this generation? They were educated by the previous one.

[Irene]

What's wrong with this generation? They were educated by the previous one.

I don't know about Portugal, ArMaP, but the American educational system is off the rails, big time.

It has been appropriated by the Left to further their political agenda.

[Irene]

As a deist, I'm not religious, however, I heard an interesting blog post read on local radio this afternoon. It was written by the President of Wesleyan University

Thought I'd share it. I think the message is relevant to everyone despite the non-secular source.

This past week, I actually had a student come forward after a university chapel service and complain because he felt "victimized" by a sermon on the topic of 1 Corinthians 13. It appears this young scholar felt offended because a homily on love made him feel bad for not showing love. In his mind, the speaker was wrong for making him, and his peers, feel uncomfortable.

I'm not making this up. Our culture has actually taught our kids to be this self-absorbed and narcissistic. Any time their feelings are hurt, they are the victims. Anyone who dares challenge them and, thus, makes them "feel bad" about themselves, is a "hater," a "bigot," an "oppressor," and a "victimizer."

I have a message for this young man and all others who care to listen. That feeling of discomfort you have after listening to a sermon is called a conscience. An altar call is supposed to make you feel bad. It is supposed to make you feel guilty. The goal of many a good sermon is to get you to confess your sins—not coddle you in your selfishness. The primary objective of the Church and the Christian faith is your confession, not your self-actualization.

So here's my advice:

If you want the chaplain to tell you you're a victim rather than tell you that you need virtue, this may not be the university you're looking for. If you want to complain about a sermon that makes you feel less than loving for not showing love, this might be the wrong place.

If you're more interested in playing the "hater" card than you are in confessing your own hate; if you want to arrogantly lecture, rather than humbly learn; if you don't want to feel guilt in your soul when you are guilty of sin; if you want to be enabled rather than confronted, there are many universities across the land (in Missouri and elsewhere) that will give you exactly what you want, but Oklahoma Wesleyan isn't one of them.

At OKWU, we teach you to be selfless rather than self-centered. We are more interested in you practicing personal forgiveness than political revenge. We want you to model interpersonal reconciliation rather than foment personal conflict. We believe the content of your character is more important than the color of your skin. We don't believe that you have been victimized every time you feel guilty and we don't issue "trigger warnings" before altar calls.

Oklahoma Wesleyan is not a "safe place", but rather, a place to learn: to learn that life isn't about you, but about others; that the bad feeling you have while listening to a sermon is called guilt; that the way to address it is to repent of everything that's wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that's wrong with them. This is a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up.

This is not a day care. This is a university.

Source...

[biggles]

Oh I hear you on that honey.

Armap I tried to teach by actions, it still didn't matter, two of my kids didn't give a you know what.

My mother was born in 1923 and had us late, this was before the discipline was taken away from my generation.

I think us baby boomers got the raw deal, disciplined and then given a raw deal by some of our kids and their "I am here now and entitled to bloody everything".

[Shasta56]

My tween granddaughters sometimes display that type of behavior.  They're both going through puberty and middle school.  That type of behavior isn't pleasant for the rest of us, but it's in line with their age.  If they're still doing that in 8 or 10 years, that will be a problem.

Shasta

[zorgon]

What's wrong with this generation? They were educated by the previous one.

Not true The previous generation just gave them video games and Iphones and told them "go outside and play"

The previous generation was not allowed to discipline the children for fear of going to jail for child abuse so they didn't teach this generation anything

The previous generation learned the hard way, went trough many wars. This generation is mostly spoiled brats that got every thing handed to them and now need puppies and cupcakes to over come the trauma when they get hit with reality

Fortunately MY kids were taught well

[zorgon]

My mother was born in 1923 and had us late, this was before the discipline was taken away from my generation.

I think us baby boomers got the raw deal, disciplined and then given a raw deal by some of our kids and their "I am here now and entitled to bloody everything".

What I Said

[biggles]

What I Said

Yep,