"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners,
contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders
and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now
tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no
longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict
their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their
teachers."
~ Socrates, 5th Century B.C. Google Answers
There seems to be a perpetual lament throughout history
about how the young do not measure up to their elders.
Here's the latest complaint:
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupifies
Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future?
Podcast Interview with Author, Mark Bauerlain, at Intended Consequences.
EmoryWheel.com - Are We the Dumbest Generation?
Thoughts?
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