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How ironic is it that material affluence creates a scarcity of non-material things. In this hyper connected world of ours, with Facebook and text messaging blowing up everyone's free time, do the most important things in the world seem to suffer? There is one person I know who's so flakey with her phone and I love her for it. She forgoes all that bullshit of what's up where are you whatcha doing for honest to goodness face to face interaction. Why isn't all this time spent all connected up being spent towards encouraging and nurturing the cornerstones of the psyche like friendship and wisdom? I saw something the other day talking about the amount of girls in the work force as it related to the amount of hours boys spent playing video games in their childhood years. All that time boys spend on video games, something like 10,000 hours before 18 years old, is automatically not being spent nurturing basic communication skills and necessary tools for the workplace. Girls steer clear of video games in their early years, which therefore translates to a better chance of excelling in the workplace environment. I believe the same sort of principles can be tied to current trends such as the rise of obesity and lack of creativity in the United States, which Time just did a great cover story on by the way. Kids don't play outside any more. Never before in the history of mankind has our modern world seen the likes of such a problem before. Not only do the fundamental tools of everyday interaction suffer, the immaterial, intangible notions of the heart and mind are taking a fatal plunge as well. Pope John Paul II said that very well when he first spoke to the United Nations. "In a culture of affluence, you will predictably see a decrease of spiritual values: time, knowledge, wisdom, love and friendship. Those decrease almost in mathematical proportion as you move toward materialism."Update! Read some mo wiser words than my own
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