This post isn't really attempting to be humorous. It's more a pondering on the state of the world. I ask those around me that are, shall we say more seasoned, if the way things are now are worse than they were. I know every generation thinks that the latest generation is the worst that has ever come along; constantly pushing the limits and doing things that would never have been acceptable in "their day". Some tell me it is worse, some aren't sure. Most would agree it hasn't gotten better.

Most movies that portray the 21st century show it to be a shiny, pretty, happy place full of wonderous things and a more evolved sensibility. Well the 21st century has arrived and I can't help but feel that we are in those other 21st century movies that display the future as a dark dystopia devoid of any of the grand and glorious advances of its more hopeful counterparts.

I look at the lack of drive by many of the students in school today and I wonder if it was like that ten years ago when I was in high school. I can't help but think that it wasn't. And it isn't just the kids. Society seems to be more superficial than ever. We are constantly caught up on superfluous things that lack little in the way of real value. It seems as though we have stumbled upon a new "Dark Age" when learning and striving for better has gone by the wayside. So few are concerned with doing the right thing simply to do the right thing. I have little in the way of practical answers to solving this. Most people don't want to hear the hard truth anymore and as a result things don't get done. I'm only 25. I feel too young to feel so jaded.

Perhaps the best solution is to have a Renaissance. Let us get back to important things like caring about being better people. Let's get back to a system where working hard will get you somewhere. But let's also strive for happiness that isn't tied to our Facebook accounts. Stay Classy.