I read recently that on college campus, Facebook is more popular than, well, anything else college kids might be looking at on the computer. While I do think that's good news, I also think it's kind of bizarre. It all led led me to a theory about my generation: We feel entitled.
The blogging phenom tipped me off. (Yes, I know, I'm blogging right now. I laugh at myself all the time.) I'm bewildered at the number of people my age who blog. Add that to facebook, myspace, etc, and you've pretty much got a personal website for nearly everyone I went to high-school with. Now, where did we get the idea that we all deserved our own URL? Is it that terribly useful? Does each of us feel our lives are that interesting/important as to document each daily occurrance? (Again, I have no room to talk.)
I know we've been described as the "Peter Pan Generation", and as a musician I feel uniquely unqualified to dispute that point. So maybe it's true. We expect to be provided for, maybe not by our parents, but perhaps our government (!?!), and if not the government, well, we'll figure that out later. In the meantime, check out my sweet house/truck/boat/TV/stuff. Credit crisis? That silly government.
My point? I don't have one. That's part of the irony of the blogosphere. I think it's just an interesting observation to watch the world slowly get passed to the next generation, and like all previous generations in the history of the world, think to myself "well, this isn't going to go well". But I suppose it always does. Just different.
And in our particular case, with lots of documentation.
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