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We all got rounded by going uphill both ways in the snow. There was no Golden Age. People have always been the way they are now.
by beat 8y ago
We all got rounded by going uphill both ways in the snow.
There was no Golden Age. People have always been the way they are now.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoI don’t think there is any doubt that our roles have become more specialised over time. It seems an inevitable consequence of globalisation.
- beat 8y agoOur jobs, maybe. But I don't see this spilling over into our personal lives. If anything, the problem is too much choice. I don't know how old people are or how much they've dealt with people who are truly poor or uneducated, but the narrowness of experience is really telling when you do. How much taste and sophistication is one supposed to develop if they can't even read, or never travel? But that was the norm not so long ago.
- mymythisisthis 8y agoStatistically we've become more stationary. "Back in the late 1940s, when the Census Bureau started collecting this type of information, roughly 20% of the population moved in a given year, Ihrke referenced. Since then, the rate has fallen to between 11.5% and 12.5%." https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/americans-moving-at-historically-low-rates-census-bureau-reports-300364306.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/americans-moving-at...
- beat 8y agoMoving isn't the same as traveling. It's not likely to induce a new cultural experience the way that, say, visiting another country will.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoI don't think much travel introduces a new cultural experience, certainly not like living and working in another country.