From: JasonLee@yabbs
To: robtelee@yabbs
Subject: re: Reply to #27
Date: Tue Feb 15 15:49:38 1994

This is true, but hardly surprising.  People have always rebelled a bit 
against the previous generation for some reason or other.  The reason we 
see so much of this in the 20th century is because change has always been 
brought about by technological advances, of which this century has seen 
MANY.  So, as the tech progressed faster and faster, older generations 
couldn't adapt and preferred the old ways, and the new kids were brought 
up in the world of improved tech.  This continues into our age, when we 
not only have normal technology but also behavior technology, physical 
technology, political technology, etc.
So, as innovation proceeds, the older people will be left behind with 
their values and the new kids will take over.  Not a surprise.  In this 
rebellion of the new, the attitudes taken on by the rbebels are not new, 
though, just some rehash of mentalities from previous years.  The periods 
of liberalism and conservatism will cycle in waves.  That's how things 
work.

Extra thoughts:  It will be the next millenium before popular culture 
reinnovates itself.  We've had nothing new since the sixties.  There will 
never be a nostalgia movie made about the eighties (saying this after just 
having watched American Graffiti and Dazed & Confused).

JasonLee