Shift Happens

We had to watch a 6 minute video on Youtube called "Shift Happnes: Globalization and the Information Age", and give our opinions.

Here is the link, I suggest everyone who sees this, watches it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q

My Thoughts on the video:

This little 6-minute video blew my mind. I had heard that we as a nation were falling
behind some of the other countries, but this was just amazing.

I think the world is becoming way too over-populated. Especially in America. Teens having children, people in severe poverty having child after child. I think a lot of this could be curbed if the governmentwould stop handing these people assistance. Yes, times would be tough, but people would not be having child after child just to keep this assitance. If you cannot afford to take care of your children, then you should not have more! Simple as that.

Alot of people in this country complain about China, and other countries. I think we could learn a few things from them. I saw that in these other countries that we Americans complain about, that they have more children with very high IQ's, than we have children, period, in our entire country. I think Americans have becoming increasingly lazy. The "No child Left Behind Act", that basically pushes our children through like cattle in school, graduating them just for basically showing up is pathetic. People are more worried about their child's "feelings" and being their childs' friend, instead of preparing them for their future. This needs to change. All we are going to have is a bunch of soft, lazy, overweight children with no skills, other than playing video games and eating french fries, playing on their I-Phones.

I was amazed, alone, at not just how much things have changed since 1900,  but just in the past 5 years since this video was made. Myspace is practically nonexistent, and Facebook is a giant. Computers are doing more and more by the second, nevermind by the day.

I think technology is taking from our lives daily. You do not see as many people at the gym, or running down the street; now, people stay inside on Facebook all day long, or if they want to exercise? They have a video game for that, so you don't have to leave your house! Gone are the days of sending mail with a stamp on it, destroying millions of jobs at the United States Postal Service. That personalization is gone, and hello e-mail and "wall-posts". How many of us buy a newspaper anymore? Even the Sunday paper coupons can be found and used staight from your Smartphone these days.

Yes we are advancing everyday, and that has its good points, to try and catch up with the other countries. But we are becoming so sheltered and inpersonal, that it seems we are going down a slippery slope..I am almost afraid to see what the world will be like in another 50 years, seeing how things have changed in the past 10 alone.