Are we victims of changes?

[oumahexi]

Our world is changing at a rapid rate. The climate is changing. The population is changing. Political views are changing. Religious views are changing. Our horizons are changing, both physical and metaphorically.

Martie McFly would be hard pressed to recognise a world just 20 years into the future, a world where we cannot function without computers and our food is wrapped in cellophane. A world where we are physically over protected yet vulnerable to cyber attacks. A world where the average accent has changed as rapidly as the environment around us.

We look back a the good old days, yet were they so good? Was it a good world that saw Adolf Hitler rise to power? Was it a good world that watched as todays political heroes were jailed for the crime of striving for freedom? Or is there simply safety in the past? Safety in the knowledge of what is over the fear of what might be?

Mankind is changing at a rapid rate. We fight against these changes, choosing to bury our heads in the safety of the past. Refusing to let go of the old ways. Treasuring our small world identity, treasuring our local accents, colours and traditions. Yet, if we do not embrace the future, if we do not work together to live together, what future have we? Can we survive our own fears? Can we survive the “boogie man” of our own minds?

 

[Galaxiom]

I have no fear of change. My concern is with those who stick to primitive beliefs. Exposing the bigotry of religion is a crucial element in change for the better. I am actively involved in the changes. I don't have illusions about the "good old days".

Much is to be done. Tradition and cultural heritage are the very worst reasons to perpetuate any practice.

 

[scott-atkinson]

The last time i saw a 'Boogie Man' he was spinning records at my local disco.... oh sorry you mean the 'Bogie Man'

 

[Pauldohert]

Tradition and cultural heritage are the very worst reasons to perpetuate any practice.

Ignore them at your peril - whilst not enough in themselves - they do allow a view of things outside the current ephemeral fashion.

 

[oumahexi]

The last time i saw a 'Boogie Man' he was spinning records at my local disco.... oh sorry you mean the 'Bogie Man'

You caught me out Scott I was just testing you

 

[oumahexi]

Ignore them at your peril - whilst not enough in themselves - they do allow a view of things outside the current ephemeral fashion.

I agree we need varied views of life in order to move forward. I think though a lot of people are afraid of being swallowed up by the future, they feel that their culture is being taken away from them and want to regress. What they forget is that this is the way of progress and progress is not always the worst thing that can happen to a culture. In this day and age there is no need for anything to be forgotten, but that does not mean we shouldn't improve on or build on the foundations our forefathers, but build we must, in my opinion.

 

[Extra_Cover]

We look back a the good old days, yet were they so good?

I think the main reason we look back at the 'good old days' is because we were so much younger

 

[Fifty2One]

I find it fascinating the way the world is evolving and changing, but I always keep my heritage close in my thoughts in my heart and head. A lot of people seem to feel threatened by other persons ways and beliefs, this I think is so sad because those are the people who will end up feeling lost and separated from the world.
Everyone was created different for a reason, if we were all the same the world would definately be a very boring place. We can all live without our computers being linked together, but the benefit of them being all connected it to remember there is another human on the other end of the wire... it is only a benefit if we see it that way.