Today, It's possible to purchase a VR Headset and be in a different reality and that's on Gen 1 hardware; Gen 2, with varifocal lenses, will change the way we compute and live radically.
For a modest expense, you can purchase a supercomputer capable of fitting almost every book, major production movie, and TV show ever made on its storage and you can download it with your internet connection over months or years. More than enough to last you a life time.
You can fit enough knowledge to educate yourself for the rest of your life on a piece of equipment the size of a bottle cap.
You can, tomorrow, go to an airport, sign up for a passport, and fly almost anywhere on earth.
You can call almost anyone on earth.
And, on that internet connection, you can find out about the myriad of challenges we humans face, including global warming and alternate forms of pollution like deforestation.
I'm in my 30's and I've come to the conclusion that the youth needs to begin investing in government en masse (special interest groups and also investing in their own livelihoods), but more importantly, moving to places that are younger or have a good balance of people. That requires passion and a lot of work, but its doable and if you do it, you can largely ignore all of the things you've stated. Furthermore, as more people realize this, a cultural change will happen, and that is inevitable.
You can already see that with the "OK Boomer" crowd; the problem has been recognized and that is the most important piece of dealing with it.
For a modest expense, you can purchase a supercomputer capable of fitting almost every book, major production movie, and TV show ever made on its storage and you can download it with your internet connection over months or years. More than enough to last you a life time.
You can fit enough knowledge to educate yourself for the rest of your life on a piece of equipment the size of a bottle cap.
You can, tomorrow, go to an airport, sign up for a passport, and fly almost anywhere on earth.
You can call almost anyone on earth.
And, on that internet connection, you can find out about the myriad of challenges we humans face, including global warming and alternate forms of pollution like deforestation.
I'm in my 30's and I've come to the conclusion that the youth needs to begin investing in government en masse (special interest groups and also investing in their own livelihoods), but more importantly, moving to places that are younger or have a good balance of people. That requires passion and a lot of work, but its doable and if you do it, you can largely ignore all of the things you've stated. Furthermore, as more people realize this, a cultural change will happen, and that is inevitable.
You can already see that with the "OK Boomer" crowd; the problem has been recognized and that is the most important piece of dealing with it.