Social and Physical Losers

In Don Tapscott’s book Grown Up Digital, Tapscott discusses the good and bad qualities of the “net” generation. He discusses in one point about how popular opinion of this generation is one of unsatifaction and criticism. Instead of learning healthy, essential skills, they waste their time in cyberspace playing games and instant messaging.
One of his main observations of their bad qualities include laziness and lack of maturity as individuals. Instead of living in the real world with real people, the youth of today have become reclusive and dependent upon the internet which has breed a generation deprived of real life experiences and skills. This generation of hermits devote their energy to internet activities like video games instead of healthy activites like sports. Not only are their interests unhealthy but they are addictive. Social and physical health can’t be achieved, alone, in a dim lighted room with cyberspace as the only means to grow.

America's Dominance, America's Downfall

The dominance of America could be stapled to any element of international public affairs. From having a military that occupies more countries than any other in the world, to the dominance of Hollywood's international influence, America influences the rest of the world and spreads its culture, trends, and indeas, for the rest of the world's indulgence. American personalities from Megan Fox to Jerry Springer are viewed by millions of non-Americans. But I wonder if the blasting of America's culture is a good thing? Some of the biggest trend epidemics in the world such as Pokemon was spread through television. The growth and amount of capital generated by the colorful playing cards is unheard of, but Americans fueled the Pokemon epidemic by buying more cards and watching its show. Though we look back and see the Pokemon era as a simple trend that is laughable today, it is questionable to believe that behavior displayed by America during that era is a healthy characteristic to relay to other countries by television and the internet.