I was born in the mid 20th century. I've observed this shift toward "unfreedom" happening around me and intensifying most recently. Children of today are so restricted, coddled and unchallenged I fear what sort of adults they will become. I fear I am already seeing it.
This is very thought provoking and should be expanded upon in more depth. Your sources: is the Macfarlane book worthwhile? - i have seen it mentioned before. Also, Peter Laslett's The World We Have Lost or something else?
Fascinating analysis, Zineb. This makes so much sense. The economic aspect of this framing is so relevant: young people are being conditioned to expect ‘handouts’ from above and are less economically resilient. It breeds an Entitlement mentality.
I was born in the mid 20th century. I've observed this shift toward "unfreedom" happening around me and intensifying most recently. Children of today are so restricted, coddled and unchallenged I fear what sort of adults they will become. I fear I am already seeing it.
Linked in comments at the Chicago Boyz 'worthwhile reading' roundup:
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/77512.html
Intriguing and timely. Peter Diamandis recently wrote about a tangential concern in Metatrends - "The Most Dangerous Demographic in History Is About to Get a Lot Bigger" - https://metatrends.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-demographic-in?r=ch1ue
This is very thought provoking and should be expanded upon in more depth. Your sources: is the Macfarlane book worthwhile? - i have seen it mentioned before. Also, Peter Laslett's The World We Have Lost or something else?
Yes, for Laslett, see also "Household and Family in Past Time"
Fascinating analysis, Zineb. This makes so much sense. The economic aspect of this framing is so relevant: young people are being conditioned to expect ‘handouts’ from above and are less economically resilient. It breeds an Entitlement mentality.