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> We are more capable and morally idealistic than any generation before. I hope you're speaking for yourself because I don't believe that's true for me one bit

> We are more capable and morally idealistic than any generation before. I hope you're speaking for yourself because I don't believe that's true for me one bit.

dnautics 13y ago
It's true, but sadly only for a subset of the generation.
- Jormundir 13y ago
  Every generation has their successes and their masses of lackies, their good-doers and their wrong-doers, but every generation will be more powerful than the one before. If my experience with all living generations tells me anything, it's that the world is becoming a better and more accepting place. Media may grow by showing idiotic things, but the people themselves are only getting smarter and more capable, and are doing a great job of working for good things in the world and supporting good people.
  - saraid216 13y ago
    If this were actually true, then you should really be doing nothing more than reproducing hurriedly so that your kids can be better than you.
- cheesylard 13y ago
  Are you aware of how many homophobes there are in the older generations compared to the millennials? Or ignorance in general? It doesn't even compare.
  - 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
    It's possible that, as enlightened as you may justifiably feel you are, your grandchildren will find you embarrassingly ignorant and closed-minded about something, too.
    - eli_gottlieb 13y ago
      God willing. It would be pretty freakish and embarrassing to get old and find that nobody has improved on any of our stupidity.
      - nathan_long 13y ago
        Improvement implies progress toward an objective moral standard. I believe in one, so that's a fine statement by me, but then I also believe that each generation has moral strong spots and moral blind spots.
  - nathan_long 13y ago
    >> Are you aware of how many homophobes there are in the older generations compared to the millennials? Or ignorance in general? It doesn't even compare. Judging older generations by today's standards isn't really any different then them judging you by their standards. I'd say Thomas Jefferson was wrong for having slaves. Granted, that was bad. But if he had a time machine, he'd probably point out all kinds of moral blind spots in my generation.
  - Sagat 13y ago
    You are forgetting that morality is not absolute. It fluctuates over time. It's possible that in the future, homophobia may become the norm again in developed countries. People in that era will look down on us as permissive degenerates, just like we look at 19th century people as intolerant bigots.
  - dnautics 13y ago
    I didn't specify how big the subset was (I happen to think it's actually quite large).

> We are more capable and morally idealistic than any generation before. I hope you're speaking for yourself because I don't believe that's true for me one bit.

dnautics 13y ago

It's true, but sadly only for a subset of the generation.

Jormundir 13y ago
Every generation has their successes and their masses of lackies, their good-doers and their wrong-doers, but every generation will be more powerful than the one before. If my experience with all living generations tells me anything, it's that the world is becoming a better and more accepting place. Media may grow by showing idiotic things, but the people themselves are only getting smarter and more capable, and are doing a great job of working for good things in the world and supporting good people.
- saraid216 13y ago
  If this were actually true, then you should really be doing nothing more than reproducing hurriedly so that your kids can be better than you.
cheesylard 13y ago
Are you aware of how many homophobes there are in the older generations compared to the millennials? Or ignorance in general? It doesn't even compare.
- 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
  It's possible that, as enlightened as you may justifiably feel you are, your grandchildren will find you embarrassingly ignorant and closed-minded about something, too.
  - eli_gottlieb 13y ago
    God willing. It would be pretty freakish and embarrassing to get old and find that nobody has improved on any of our stupidity.
    - nathan_long 13y ago
      Improvement implies progress toward an objective moral standard. I believe in one, so that's a fine statement by me, but then I also believe that each generation has moral strong spots and moral blind spots.
- nathan_long 13y ago
  >> Are you aware of how many homophobes there are in the older generations compared to the millennials? Or ignorance in general? It doesn't even compare. Judging older generations by today's standards isn't really any different then them judging you by their standards. I'd say Thomas Jefferson was wrong for having slaves. Granted, that was bad. But if he had a time machine, he'd probably point out all kinds of moral blind spots in my generation.
- Sagat 13y ago
  You are forgetting that morality is not absolute. It fluctuates over time. It's possible that in the future, homophobia may become the norm again in developed countries. People in that era will look down on us as permissive degenerates, just like we look at 19th century people as intolerant bigots.
- dnautics 13y ago
  I didn't specify how big the subset was (I happen to think it's actually quite large).