Underachieving

When I watch a program like Canadian Idol or Coach a team or even invigilate an exam at school...I can't get over how many people don't seize the moment and rise to the occasion. In fact the faster our lives get the more fear I see in the eyes of todays youth.. It is always everyone elses fault...no one wants to accept responsibility and the idea of working for something has disappeared. Fear of failure runs rampant and avoidance hs become a fine art. I wonder if this is the decline of Western Civilization...Was the the case in Ancient Rome???

There are no barbarians around the next hill waiting to invade.. instead I see another threat. The machines. As we assign more and more of our tasks to the rapidly advancing cyber intelligence we assign our autonomy and our individuality. At what point do we lose control....The Orwellian prophesy, The terminator scenario, the Matrix..........

We must find a way to reinvigorate the majority of todays youth. Bannish learned helplessness.....reclaim what is ours....