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I'm not really sure, but to me it seems partially due to overstimulation. Has anyone noticed that ADHD is rampant these days? I used to think (despite definitely beind ADD myself) that it was all hype. But at the same time, even since *I* was a kid, I look at how it's different for my kids. Video games and music and TV and movies, evenrything is on the go, fast fast fast. It used to be that you'd sit down for a movie and by the end, you'd be done... that was enough. It satisfied. Nowadays, kids don't have the patience to sit through a two hour movie, parents don't have time to sit through one, but even if you do, you want another that you can't have.
At the same time, there is no longer a sense of amazement. Or rather, what little amazement occurs is only fleeting. The Mars Rovers, for instance, were really a big deal, but even those of us who WERE excited about the live footage from Mars forgot about it and became interested in something else within a week. As a kid I remember being enthralled by things for a whole summer... one summer was Space, the next was computers, the next was Nintendo. A whole SUMMER? Three months of being crazed for just one thing. No more! A new video game, show or movie comes out every week. A new band or music video... a new concert event. There's no lasting enjoyment in life... there's only striving to find the next interesting or fulfilling thing. Much the same way people don't have lifelong careers... they change jobs, companies, careers, lifestyles, all in the name of moving up, getting a 5% raise here or a 10% raise there. There's no loyalty to local businesses or community.
*sigh*
I could go on, but it's really quite depressing...
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