[quote=yamashi]
You are correct that the world is a much better place due to amazing new technologies such as internet, and alternative energy, but we have many issues that your generation left behind. We will find a way to fix it and move forward, but not without removing Boomers from places of power (eg. politics/upper management).
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Yes, the world is a better place due to the Boomers and almost every generation before them and probably will improve (overall) with every generation after them. There are always advantages and disadvantages to technology. For example, it makes me sad to see groups of kids all sitting with each other staring into their phones. I think people socialize less in groups than they used to, and I think that is a shame.
FWIW – I think one reason for the reduction in “slut shaming” is DNA technology that allows a father or a rapist to be identified somewhat easily (assuming there is a suspect or purported father). The availability of that tool has also discouraged would be rapists and almost eliminated the need for paternity cases. Thank you Kary Mullis.
Most social laws were put in place to avoid difficult outcomes, such as fourteen year old girls (or their families) being put in the position of trying to support a child whose father chooses not to be identified. The Pill had a similar effect, allowing women to enter the workforce with confidence that they had control over when they would have kids. Yamashi – as a woman I think I have probably thought about this more than you have (you sound like a man, but maybe I’m wrong) and although I might agree with you in general you seem inclined to throw out the baby boomer with the bathwater. ( Ok – I just thought of that but I like it. )
This whole topic is sort of silly, and Yamashi – you seem a little ingenuous. Your opinions about scaredy make me think that you don’t question your own prejudices – he is probably the most even handed and witty person on this board.
