> The old man in me screams: It's not that travel has become narcissistic, it's that everything has. Old men have always bemoaned the narcissism of young peopl

> The old man in me screams: It's not that travel has become narcissistic, it's that everything has. Old men have always bemoaned the narcissism of young people. It isn't "kids these days," it's just "kids." Maybe it's a cliche at this point to bring this up, but “Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.” is attributed to Socrates. I've enjoyed the Language Log's "narcissism skepticism" over the years. Maybe someone else will too: http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/index.php?s=narcissism http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/index.php?s=narcissism