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The headline says it all:Girl starved to death while parents raised virtual child in online gameVery sad indeed.
Isn't it kind of a statement on modern life, though? They had a real child at home and neglected her in favor of a virtual child. One wonders what kinds of citizens the youngest generation now will become 20 years down the road.
In their book Generations, Strauss and Howe seem to indicate that most next generations, while not completely the antithesis of their parents, are different. People born between 1982 and about 2003 are a Civic or Heroic generation… think the GI or Greatest Generation (1901-1924). Children of these types are Prophets (the Boomers or the Lost Generation, 1883 to about 1900).Kids born since about 2004 are going to be the next Silent Generation and should produce some great artistic leaps.If you haven't read the series of books these guys have written you should; while some will say hindsight is always 20-20, I think they have much to say that is noteworthy.Attached is some material from Wikipedia outlining their premise; I reccomend reading their works, highly.
I despise historical systems as a rule. If theirs works it will be the first I have seen that does. It may superficially make sense but then, so does Marx at first. We will see, I will probably not get around o reading it until later this year anyway, after I complete my thesis and can add MA to my name.
