Elena Seredkina - Russia

I think I can not be partial to one or the other - Elena or Zhenya - Abhaya

Dear Sir,

I do not know, whether the professional I am, but I do not have Sundays. Today I am sitting also as always among books or with my laptop and prepare my endless reports (or lectures). Or read the next new clever philosophical book. However, “Sunday” can come unexpectedly to me in any day… Thank God, I am not obliged to be at the office from 9 mornings till 6 evenings! I often feel myself free as a bird… And you, Sir?About the children of 21st century.Yes, this is an acceptable 21st century phenomena. They are absolutely different from us. It comes a new epoch. They live in the Information Society. Web 1.0! Web 2.0! Web 3.0!!! They live in the Supercommercial Society. And yes, they know very well the worth of money. They make their business very well. They are like more “small adults”.And we, Sir, seems to me more often “big children”. Paradox!!…

I remember your post about your nice grandchildren and “Hitech” (Day 278). You have touched upon a very important problem… There is also one of the main problems of modern civilisation: the break between generations in the society, which “digitalizes” very rapidly. You wrote that your dear wife and you feel sharply that your grandchildren have gone far ahead. You follow them with your eyes with sad admiration. Is it good or bad? I think, here are two sides – plus and minus.With plus is all clear. But with minus…

The information culture lowers some of the most important child’s abilities, at first the ability to imagine (fantasy)! It is a result of the total visualization of the modern mass media culture. Pictures (comics, films, clips etc.) drives back on the periphery of the mind the abilities to perceive text, word (literature, poetry). The images are given! There is no matter to imagine something! As it is possible by reading a book. (As said haha unique Bush “One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some pictures”). And now another scientific fact – the memory of children becomes worse, because there are external storage devices and the streams of information are too huge. But information is not always knowledge. Sometimes it is waste!

But however there is a new world, new culture, new abilities in this seething caldron of the 21th age! And we should take it. And we shouldn’t lose our children, grandchildren, students. We have to be together in such a difficult and creative epoch like our!And more important…Our children should learn to be again a natural carefree boys and girls.And we should help their…

LENA

from RUSSIA, P.
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Lena.. good debate and thank you for your inputs.. love