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One of the biggest challenges we face is the ingrained apathy toward this issue by older generations. How can they care as much as younger generations when it w
by bad_good_guy 7y ago
One of the biggest challenges we face is the ingrained apathy toward this issue by older generations. How can they care as much as younger generations when it will be unlikely to affect them much in their lifetime?
As much as people may claim to have empathy for others, it's undeniable that their own personal viewpoint and stake has massive influence on mindsets.
Just imagine for a moment how children or teenagers feel about news like this while they see the 'elders' in charge of the world do so little and act with almost no sense of emergency
I'm quite young, in my early 20s, but I still struggle to comprehend how someone age 10 or even 15 must feel.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoI'm not sure it's only older generations. Some people just aren't future focussed, just look at some peoples inability to save or look after their health.
- philwelch 7y agoIt’s because the world has always been coming to an end. If you’re 50 years old today, you grew up hearing that nuclear war or acid rain or the population bomb would be the end of the world and the sky was falling. Eventually you stop listening to kids crying wolf.