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- Kieran Preissler
- Chapel Hill, NC
- United States
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The Culture of Want; the Now generation
It is becoming more and more clear that my generation, the generation that is starting to graduate from high school and enter this world, has become a generation based on instant gratification. Although that is nice, I think that it devalues many, otherwise very valuable, products and experiences. My friend has an iPhone but just as soon as the newest version of the phone was released, he was quick to toss aside the magical machine that he had once been in awe of. Like my friend, many people don't have enough time to discover the endless array of innovative apps that are available for download.
Jan 27 2012: No only that, but your generation, is entirely certain that it deserves at least 10 dollars an our, meanwhile that phone was built in a facillity that pays 31 cents an hour.... Chinese laborers are literally jumping off the roof of that facillity to commit suicide, and so the company that owns it, put up nets... Yet your friend, probably thinks he's a good person, and there was nothing morally wrong with buying that product.
My generation is in the same boat (about 10 years older)... We're not the "now" generation... We're the evil generation.
Feb 7 2012: Honestly... I think the global economy, has forced us, as a human race, to organize a global civil, and workers rights movement. I hope we are up to the challenge. We need an international minimum wage.
In your personal life... Research all major purchases you make. Find out how the products you buy are manufactured, and pick ones based on moral choices, not just financial ones. If you own an Apple product, send Apple a copy of your reciept or warranty, with a letter suggesting "This is the last Apple product I will ever purchase, if you continue to treat working people this way, in any country. Out of sight, is no longer out of mind."
Do the same with your television if it was made for a dollar or less an hour. The same with your computer. The most powerful tool each of us has, is our abillity to influence consumer behavior at the local level. Talk to your family and friends about how important it is, that people stop letting capitalism be a race to the bottom, where the person who abuses labor the best wins... Its a tough road we have ahead of us.
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Elizabeth Gu 30+Feb 6 2012: "Technology does not connect us socially, it only connects us to data. This generation is looking to data to try and answer their socio-emotional deficiencies, yet the thing that has created these deficiencies is the one thing that keeps them deeper in distress. "
I totally agree with you, Varlan.
I don't know whether this would be an apt expression or not.
We, teens, are "thirsty".
And we have no idea how to quench our thirst, so we are just getting too obsessed with new gadgets and internet.
We're really missing something today.
Jan 25 2012: This is the side and bad effect of our teaching system. Most mass learning instituions and even specialized Life coaches in the developed world have been emphasizing the need to consider self above all else. How to win at any cost have been the highest selling books for decades. Marketing and technology have made obsolescence their mantra for growth. Our sense of achievement is no longer based on a goal but quick change of phone and friend according to social competition. SO instant gratification requires sympathy because it is self destruct and a very basic reptilian response to living. The flip side is faster burn out and todays 30 year old is balding tired angry young man. He or she will live longer for sure and so needs to transition through more mates ( wives or husbands) or more experiences and does not particularly like being tied down. So even kids are not a long term source of joy. I think it is the responsibility of education right up to management colleges who churn out case studies of icons who made it big. Somewhere in the case study instead of showing the principal resource to be TIME invested it is about quick ideas and strategy. Malcolm Gladwell in outliers has established reasonably well that the luck of timing and 10,000 hours of INPUT are the basic common features for most successful individuals. I sympathize with youngsters who are really confused. Our genes have a tribal and rural upbringing but in 200 years we have moved to urban living with no special book to manage urban life. The loneliest person is the one who lives in a building with 200 others and perhaps a million in transition within few square miles while the rural family knew the name of every person upto 5 square miles. We cannot change to go back now and so we must create a better transition to the next way of life based on the experiences of this very recent one.
Jan 26 2012: I don't think that there is such a thing as "our teaching system," as individual classrooms, schools, and school districts are truly quite varied in emphasis and in the values they project. In the US, for example, pedagogy very often focuses on groups as the primary unit for classwork. This would not somehow be only in private or cutting edge schools but also in very conventional sorts of school districts.I do agree with you, Uday, that the business of self-help books, seminars, and coaching often elevates the importance of the individual above all other things. I have even heard a coach counsel that we actually all know everything there is to know on earth and only need to remove whatever within us obscures that to our perception!In terms of a culture of instant gratification versus investment in activities with rewards accruing either over time or in the long term, schools surely have a role in giving students such experiences. I think, though, that the habit of seeking fulfillment through purchases is at least as much a result of young people and even older people's not being able to find a meaningful role to play in communities via employment or service. The lack of employment prospect for many (in particular a career or position with opportunities to feel ones contribution as meaningful) and in many locations the difficulty of even finding opportunities to volunteer often makes "things" accessible in a way that rewarding experiences are not. A sense of inequity in access to such experieces further contributes to the problem.
Jan 27 2012: "Marketing and technology have made obsolescence their mantra for growth. Our sense of achievement is no longer based on a goal but quick change of phone and friend according to social competition." -- I really doubt that . Technology is something what leads the growth and marketing shows how.
There is a difference between need and luxury . 30 yrs back An Indian use to wait at-lest 3 yrs to get an ambassador car. Today you can get BMW in one week .That have no relation with mantra of growth.
The world changes every time. You cant expect Now generation will live their life like people use to live in 1980. Nor 2030's gen will live today's life.
The loneliest person is the one who lives in a building with 200 others and perhaps a million in transition within few square miles while the rural family knew the name of every person upto 5 square miles. It depends on person to person. A established western guy / girl leaves house very easily as he/she is not allowed to do in life what they want. An eastern person cant.
So its how you think.
Jan 30 2012: There is an even more dangerous aspect to this: To create something takes time. Time and effort. There almost no research or development that can be done "now".
One simple cannot throw away the value of contemplation. To stop and think. Today's companies are managed in a way that everyone's working 24/7 in an incredible rush and even so nothing works. Things just don't work.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall a Gartner report saying that about 70% of the IT projects would be just tossed aside. They will be paid for, but will not be implemented.
Being in this area for some time now I can attest: This occurs for lack of structured thinking. Your generation isn't much different from mine (I'm 25), that is somewhat a reflex of the generation before (the Yuppies).
We are trained since basic school to compete. And to do it fast. Solve problems fast. Write essays fast.
Nature takes millions of years to perfect any design, we think we should do it before the next quarter closure. And that's why roses and oaks do work flawlessly for their purposes but CRMs don't.
We are going downhill, without brakes, for some time now. We are starting to hit some dirt (as it goes for nowadays financial crisis) but eventually, if nothing is made to break this vicious cycle, we'll crash and we'll crash hard.
What our generations need is to unplug. To slow down and look outside. Even our music is contaminated by this "want it now" sickness (anyone that have been to a rave or any event of the sort knows what I'm talking about).
It is corroding the families, causing immense hurt to labor forces around the world and finally taking away what makes us humans: the ability to look at the world and make sense of it.
Very good point you've made. Now we need to think of some "how to"s.
Jan 31 2012: Kudos for your insight. Seeking instant gratification has become a bane and has far reaching consequences in the modern society. Changing I Phones is a lesser evil, but family bonds with has withstood for centuries are being discarded. With internet and profusion of portals which dish out all types of advices and solution of myriad of youth related problems, the youngsters are distancing themselves from the family, and seeking instant gratifications of their problems, getting encouragement and support by just a click.
I have witnessed instances of a 20 year confiding in a a 25 year old, seeking his advice, having full faith in what he/she says etc: Family bonding and respecting the elders is one step up.
Jan 31 2012: Very good comment. Here is a quote that I often use with young people around me who decide to text instead of talking to the live humans around them.
"Technology has brought us closer to those far away, but distanced us from those nearby". Author unknown to me.
A few months back I watched Ramona Pierson's talk. And I started a conversation hoping to see what others have learned from their elders. I invite you to watch the talk.....it has an unexpected twist that many, not having watched it, missed.
How sad Asgar, that young people sometimes have to resort to coming here to the internet for advice, instead of talking to their parents about their concerns and questions and observations. That says alot about the family structure.
Hopefully young people reading these comments will glean some "crowd wisdom" ay.....
Have a wonderful day Asgar!!
Feb 1 2012: Thanks Mary. Watched the video of Ramona Pierson and she was fortunate to have the investment of love and compassion of Senior Citizens. She was down and out and had no other option and she readily' gave in' and a miracle happened.
But the problem is when I am on the materialistic high, good job, fat pay packet, options to leave one job and take another - this is the environment in which the present set is growing up I tend to assume that "I know all - I know what is best for me' and I go out with my upward mobile group. Previously at such group meetings, they had one punching bag - their boss, now increasingly they have one more - their parents and family members. The respect for them is lost, and replacements for them are easily available. Their love interests, which also keep changing provide, what in the past they parents were providing.
I am amused, when I chance to interact with such set. Their January love interest is the most knowledgeable, most compassionate you name it. Come June the January one is a wimp, manipulative etc: etc:
This is the cause of great concern and worry.
Feb 1 2012: I hear you Asgar. What do we do?
This is not something new Asgar. This kind or attitude has always existed. However, it is now more prevalent....."these are critical times hard to deal with....men are lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power..." Someone said these words over 1900 years ago, in a book that noone seems to give much credit to, describing these last days.
What will be the solution to such problem? Everyone has their own opinion. We shall have to wait and see who is correct.
Thank you for your reflection.
Jan 31 2012: @ Carlos I too congratulate you on your insight.
I will tell you what happens to me when I am around some people who have to rush all the time, they talk fast, eat fast, walk fast......they squeeze 3 days worth of work into one.
I speak in a very low tone of voice. I take my time with my words. I want to make sure the other person is listening, I look for eye contact, I ask alot of questions to make sure I am able to say what they need to hear.
And oftentimes, while I am talking, people look at watches...on their wrist and on the wall. It's as if they think that my talking slowly and purposefully is eating away at their time.
BUT......guess what? I did an experiment. I timed myself against my son. We both said the same thing. He spoke loud and fast, I spoke with calm and clearly. It took him 4:20 to say the same thing that I said in 2:33. How about that??? I was shocked. Sometimes we think we are moving fast, when in reality we are doing the TOTAL opposite and having negative results, like your comment brings out.
Here's another example......many many years ago I got a ticket (not for speeding). I will never forget learning that regardless of how fast you drive, the most you gain going fast through the streets trying to catch green lights is about 15 seconds. THAT changed my whole view of driving.
I'll end with the words from a song...I don't know who sings it, but I'm sure you will all recognize it:
"Slow down, you move too fast, gotta make the morning last......."
Jan 27 2012: I only have an Iphone because the 4 year old flip phones battery died and they don't sell that kind of battery anymore. I had to buy a more up to date phone, but I got a $50 discount. I only got the discount because a more advanced Iphone had just came out and mine was already out of date. A woman in my life who is younger said "You're anti-technology. You should've gotten the newer Iphone." I explained "You don't understand. I'm not anti anything. I don't need the latest or newest. I just need a phone that works. I only buy what I need and can afford. You buy because you WANT" and we argued for 2 days on this. She could not understand the difference between buying for need and buying for want. I believe she couldn't see that because she was never taught the difference. "I need a car that runs, but I want a Mercedes"... there's a huge difference in the two statements and I believe that people are just not being taught the difference.
Jan 27 2012: I know there is a huge difference between need and want and i don't think that generation now in unaware of this.
There is two more things
1. Is it affordable
2. Does it worthy
You need food. you want hamburger . You cant afford both you will go for simple bread .You can afford. You have it.
And last not least what you really need/want ? All the time the resource is limited. So you have to make your choice.
A Brazilian kid who wants to buy a Nike football can skip his lunch to buy that . But his poor dad may think its luxury.
You just need to think in her way .
Feb 1 2012: I don't think youi can compare the Brazilian kid to the high-tech geek girl. For a Brazilian kid, the Nike football may symbolize something else that surfaces in the subconscious: the dream of a better life. Billboard ads, football (soccer) players wearing Nike gear, thousands of stories of boys who made it from streed kid to famous player, that is an entire universe of hopes and dreams you are talking about.
As for the high-tech geek girl (no offense, I am a geek myself), I strongly agree with Tom. I have a smart phone of a different brand and yes, but all I really need it for is to check emails and my social networks whenever I want. I don't have tons of apps, so I wouldn't necessarily need an iPhone. However, the iPhone as a brand (or Android as a platform, together with two or three other big names) is so dominant that many developers don't bother creating innovative solutions for alternatives, because they have sort of been defeated by the wants of the tech generation(s).
Zac CapenJan 26 2012: In terms of transition, what if we developed a teaching structure or education structure that emphasized patience as a learning tool? Almost like time released learning process. We could set up an experiment where students have to make a choice every day. Over the period of a month, if they made choices along the lines of instant gratification, their future choices would kind of suck. Where as someone who carefully made decisions and thought about the future, would hopefully have a more optimal set of choices in the future. However, the consequences shouldn't be known until the end of the experiment. This might help develop patience in students as well as reinforce a more thoughtful choice in future endeavors.
Perhaps in terms of your friend and his iPhone, if he decides to toss it away, snatch it and give it to someone who will enjoy it. Donate it. Or kick him repeatedly until he does so. If we're going to toss such wonders away, we should give them to those who don't have access to them. That way we build social capital and prevent a sort of negative social hierarchy of wealth. I think Malcolm Gladwell's study is also important.
Actually, I'd like to try an experiment on this comment thread for anyone who wants to try it.
Take 10 seconds to draw a human being.
Take 10 minutes to draw a human being.
Think about the differences while they're side by side.
Jan 29 2012: "Perhaps in terms of your friend and his iPhone, if he decides to toss it away, snatch it and give it to someone who will enjoy it. Donate it. Or kick him repeatedly until he does so. If we're going to toss such wonders away, we should give them to those who don't have access to them. That way we build social capital and prevent a sort of negative social hierarchy of wealth. I think Malcolm Gladwell's study is also important."
If I understand you right you are saying that we should give our old things to those who dont have access to them, this is one of the things ive also thought about, however i threw that thought away for the near future, if we want to make this work we first got to change our values...
opposed to what you say this would lead to 2 Classes of people, those who got the "first" class stuff and thos who have the "second" class stuff, with both knowing that the first class people actually donated it to the second class people -> thus the first class people would be somewhat superior to the second class people.
Its a nice idea indeed but our values need to change (im happy with old stuff, not one of those who always need the latest this or latest that) inorder not to let this become a mess.
Feb 9 2012: As Krishnamurty said, we are programmed. The program offered to our society during the last 60 years has been about "Consumming". Television openned up to commercial that will invite you to have just anything proposed in a way that there have been parallel between having and being. Thus, wanting to be mutated into wanting to have, conclusion: I am if I have. So it has become "legitmate" to want everything and now. A real dilemma...
Feb 1 2012: Here is another observation/reflection on this topic.
Many years ago, when I was a student, I don't remember my teachers ever giving me rewards for my good school work. The A on my paper was reward enough. Today, teachers give out stickers, candy, and all sorts of goodies out of treasure boxes in the elementary classroom.
I even remember a teacher getting into trouble for giving a sticker to the students who got good grades, and one parent came to school to complain that the teacher had left her child out. Never mind that the child had a poor grade on her work. The teacher was forced to give the child a reward. Sad.
I was so amazed that such parents exist.....and also, that some teachers are way too generous with the rewards.
Keeping up with the Jones' is also a very big incentive in the culture of want.....people envy, and/or are jealous of what others have. They want it too.
We were not raised that way. We choose not to raise our children that way either. Not every kid in the U.S owns an iphone, not every adult has a cell phone, not every house has internet or cable. There are the exceptions.
The key is balance. Balance is everything. We have to love people more than things. Materialism is an illusion. It cannot provide true happiness. Everything material passes away......
Kieran, I hope you step in here and let us know what you are thinking about our comments. Alot of us want to know.
Jan 31 2012: I appreciate the conversation/ debate! When I daydream sometimes(well, quite often), I wonder what it would be like to be a millionaire. Would I want more than one car? (I don't think so right now) Would I want a huge house? (I don't think so)
Would I want a 10,000 wrist watch? (I have no idea) Would I always buy the latest and greatest technology? I watched my father buy a flat screen television, that is already outdated...
I don't think it is just your generation that is involved. The baby boomers are the same...I have seen so many gentlemen buy the latest and greatest golf club...but their old golf club still works better.
Mathew NorthJan 29 2012: The notion of instant gratification is one that is becoming more apparent as subsequent generations are entering into a culture that has orientated itself around the rapid consumption of material possessions, without contemplating any regard for whether there is a need, rather than just an absentminded want for accumulating a surplus of objects.
Jan 29 2012: It's funny that you think that an iPhone actually has value.
It is a device which lets you waste more time than ever before on stuff you don't really need. I see 'young people' every day who think that unless they have a 'multipurpose phone' on 24/7 that they will miss out on life. Meanwhile they are so consumed looking at the screen that the real life passes them by.
Beste Arslan 10+Jan 28 2012: I completely agree with you.Being someone from that generation,i know what you mean.Everybody is just walking around with their' new' iphones and ipads etc.. and when a newer version comes, their now 'old' ones are tossed aside..which actually is worring since with technology there is always going to be new versions of gadgets...then when will we be really 'satisfied' with what we have? this cycle will never stop! We wont be 'satisfied' because this technology will never give us what we all really need...happiness.We seem to seek happiness outside wheras its actually inside ourselves.To reach it ,we need to eliminate our hunger for the better and appreciate what we already have.
Elizabeth Gu 30+Jan 28 2012: Hi Beste,
It's a really nice comment :)
I couldn't agree with you more!
Btw, as for myself, I don't have any iphones or ipads.
I'm just satisfied with my-- kinda old—phone (you know a folder phone) even though all of my friends in Korea has at least iphones or ipads. But even with those "cool" things, they don't seem so happy, but rather they are getting too obsessed with those new gadgets.
There's no "my own thing" in their vocabulary.
They always want new things.
By unconsciously seeking them, they unfortunately miss a lot of essential things.
A pause for pondering about the meaning their own lives, a moment for gratitude, and a moment for sharing not only their ideas in facebook, but spending their time with their loving people.
What are we missing "now" by trying to grab "now"?
Chris FoxJan 27 2012: I agree that the youngest generation is a culture of want, and want now. There is also a kind of value that this generation and mine (I'm 27) have for intangible things. We have, and have had, access to the internet from early school days, and this has diversified us. The fact that there are more apps than you could ever discover is wonderful, but the down side is the lack of wonder these highly technological devices create. We've become detached from how difficult creating something so incredible can be, similar to how our parents became detached from where our food came. We don't give processing a second thought these days; the same is happening with electronics; and I'm sure future generations will see a similar pattern with something else. Technology will always advance, and being a culture of want when technology makes things easy to get isn't all bad. It's only when we disregard what goes into those immediate gratifications that they start to lose value.
Jan 28 2012: I agree with this wholeheartedly and think that one solution might be to generate awareness of the difficulty and complexity of making such a device (see making my own toaster, great talk). I have worked as a machinist and woodworker, as well as butchering my own animals (with regards to your processing point), and feel that I do have a lot more perspective as far as the need for instant gratification simply because of my experiences. On the down side, I have no idea how to use anyone's I phone. Hell, I don't even text.
Point though, colleges require PE and things like that. Why not make shop a requirement or something in that sort of vein that makes you proud your capable of actually making something useful, not just buying it from a factory. Or even just promote some sort of make your own stuff movement. Just a thought.
Feb 1 2012: I agree with both of you (and the "making your own stuff" reminds me of the global village construction set Talk). I am 26, so I know what Chris is talking about. I grew up in a rather small city (20k inhabitants) in the south of Germany where farming still had (and has) a great importance for the local infrastructure in the surroundings of my hometown, so I experienced the differences between "makers" and "consumerist city-people" as well. I think the educational approach must be in both directions: people who are not used to technology need to get used to it in order to not alienate themselves. I agree that downloading applications on an iPhone is not necessarily a key competence, but ordering stuff online, or dealing with customer services / administrative issues online are skills that come in quite handy in certain situations. On the other hand, I agree that the "make your own stuff" approach is very, very, very important for the < 30 generations (Digital Natives, gen x, y, z, you name it). I really WANT to understand what it means to develop a new technolology, so I am devouring all TED Talks that show me just "how things work". But TED doesn't cover everything and not everyone knows about TED. Yes, I think integrating these practical things into the curriculum would be important (while I am still angry about humanities and extracurricular activities being reduced to a rdiculous minimum...) -- and it could be achieved simply by collaborating with local farmers, workers, companies. When I was 16, I asked a few companies (ok, advertisement, IT, and marketing, but still) if I could just come for a week and look over peoples' shoulders -- and that really helped me to understand some of the processes. Plus, I am sure many people working in non-tertiary sectors would be happy to explain their work in order to foster a deeper understanding for the processes... which might result in a different attitude with less "wants".
spencer buckJan 25 2012: when i think of are future i sometimes get scared having thoughts like this, but the best way i feel to stop the want and need feeling is to relate back to nature we are very spiritual beings and with a little time we will all realize that technology and materiel objects are not the way of the future, the future is going to be about the spiritually enlightened ones.
Arnab Dutta
spencer buck
Ryan Price
Feb 1 2012: Reminds me of the debate on technological determinism (technology is an unstoppable force that will 1/continue to develop itself 2/create social responses and change the nature of society) and socio-constructivism (technology is created based on the needs of society and it is society that determines what will be built).
We should not forget that technology itself is neutral and that it is *the way how we use it* which has positive or negative effects. So it's not the iPhone's fault that our generation wants better, faster, high-and-higher-tech tools. Civilisation does not depend on the continue development, but technology is a result of the development of civilisations.
Means that if we change our attitude towards technology -- as we are currently changing our attitude towards ecological behavior, recycling, and sustainability! -- different technologies *could* be the result.
Kathy CastleFeb 11 2012: The culture of want is an interesting topic to consider, whether or not you delineate it by generation. Each generation shares common experiences and contexts in which they grow and develop, so, in this regard the experience of culture and how it shapes perspectives is unique across generational lines, but the overall culture of want and instant gratification affects us all. Yes, the technologies that younger generations are growing up with contribute to their unique experiences and perspectives as a cohort, but I don't see this culture of want as unique to this generation. We live in a society where our success is often measured in terms of material possessions and outward manifestations of wealth rather than by personal integrity and accomplishments that fall in line with personal value systems. While this can (and should) contribute to our personal definitions of success, social definitions and measurements of success are often determined by what we possess in this culture. This, in my view, is one of the major contributors to the culture of want. In our quest to be "successful", we try to possess things. Many things. Fancy things. The nicer our possessions, the bigger our houses, the newer our cars, the more we project success to others--whether or not we can afford these trappings of success.
If we could establish a social mentality/cultural definition of success that was not reliant on possessions, we could potentially free ourselves up to define success more personally and express it publicly in a way that lines up with our personal values. This mentality--this culture of want-- reflects a privileging of an economic perspective...and addressing it in the way view success can be a starting place in challenging this bias. I write a bit about this kind of thinking in my blog http://kathy-momphd.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenging-economic-privilege.html
Feb 11 2012: its hasnt 'become' a generation based on instant gratification --- like it was a natural process ---- its been MADE a generation based on instant gratification that is bombarded 24/7 with multi million pound advertising that DEMANDS that you have the lastest must have or you are not worthy of being human. if you dont have it you might as well be unemployed and not be ABLE to have it. Show your employed and worthy and BUY it - even if you dont want it, it prooves your not scum. So you buy it, it prooves you can if you want too .. then you have it, and it doesnt bring you what you thought it would, you could be second rate and buy apps for it OR you could have this NEW one instead -- everyones buying it, you must have it to proove you are employed and worthy, you buy it, you have it, it doesnt bring you what you thought it would, ....... we have a NEW thing ... and on and on and on it goes ... till someone says 'ya know what, i dont want it, and i dont want that, and i dont want the other either, it ISNT prooving anything, it ISNT bringing me happyness, its NOT doing what they said it would, its just making me spend money and bringing me short term gratification, its ALWAYS a catch up game that you can NEVER win. technology is not the issue, its the marketing and the separating of the 'haves' and 'have nots' that it brings that is the issue in my humble opinion. x
Tommy Bong
Feb 9 2012: When I was a young girl, I grew up (miraculously) in a neighborhood of extreme wealth. We lived in a single parent household and we were also on Welfare. I remember being looked down on and the children of the school, for the most part, wanting nothing to do with me because my family did not come from wealth. Luckily everyone wasn't like that. I felt ignored, looked down upon, and dejected. I resented my mother for our financial condition and turned to stealing the wealthy girls clothes to fit in. TERRIBLE TERRIBLE. Now I realize that I was wealthy in so many other ways that these children would not see. Those things were hard to ignore then and now they are cherished! I understand what its like to drink powdered milk with cereal. I will forever be grateful for that!
Arnab DuttaJan 27 2012: As i think today we have civilization like this because from 3000 BC all the now generation had a culture of want. As the time has changed present now generation wants something else than previous . But same is true for previous. Who dont have food he want food .. Who have food wants liquor.. who have liquor wants Jack Daniels :). Its normal .
Feb 1 2012: I sort of agree that the innate want for (instant) gratification is "normal", as in "human". However, the accelerating speed of technological innovation has somehow exponentiated the possibilities of being rewarded and thus heightened our demands. Whether it must be a certain brand of x, or a distinct benefit of y (or the impression of a benefit... as in different versions of iPhones): we seek more, because we know that more is possible.
I also wonder if this is related to the gamification of our lives. We do something, we want an instant reward. Checking in on foursquare, posting on Facebook, leveling up in an online game -- it all seems to build on conditioning humans for seeking positive responses to their every action.
Feb 1 2012: I agree with your points . And i really support your point "So it's not the iPhone's fault that our generation wants better, faster, high-and-higher-tech tools." and "we seek more, because we know that more is possible."
But as a gadget and laptop market resercher i have seen a patern for the love of technology .
US and Europe is Iphone crazy . They go for hype & brand rather than technology.
South america is very specific about what they . And they dont have a very high population to set world wide patern.
Aisia shows two kinds of patern . One middle east who wants to follow the US & europe as they have got lots of money from oil and tourism and they have only two class rich and poor . Rich can afford evry thing poor cant afford any thing.
China and south east asia looks value for money .
From these patern we can find out one more thing its the excess money that makes people crazy about stuff they dont need.
For a college going student latest IPHONE is more than a status simbol than needs. Its true all over the world.
If u see last qutr result , no of laptop shipping has been decreased due to financial crisis. But Pad/ tablet sell has been doubled.
So its the excess money and ability to spend is taking place.
Now there is one more point . every generation have its own iphone . In 70's automobile was the key like todays gadget . Every one wants to have that .Today also evry body wants but its no more a luxury its a need.
According to Noriaki Kano todays luxury will become tomorows nessecity and a new luxury will take that place. Todays youths luxury is gadgets. .
Feb 1 2012: As you said ". I grew up in a rather small city (20k inhabitants) in the south of Germany where farming still had (and has) a great importance........., so I experienced the differences between "makers" and "consumerist city-people"
I am also 26 but i am not lucky enogh to enjoy the country life but i dont think city people and relly consumerist . I know small cities producess stuffs for big cities. But that doesnt mean the peoples are also same. Just the kind of work they do is different. But both do for livelhood.
As I grew up in one of the worlds most higly populated city and lived at the silicon vally of east , One thing I have understood. Its very hard for a city people to know each other than country side. Life is complex too competative and always demanding in metro cities.Its not that we are unsocial.And also not that we alwasy want .
Feb 1 2012: I think it's somewhat arguable that you point out that not all the city people are the same, when at the same time you tell me that "US and Europe is Iphone crazy . They go for hype & brand rather than technology." etc. -- you really can't make this general assumption for all Europeans and US citizens either. I am not really happy with the way you argue, but we just have two different point of views on the issue... and I think we are both curious to see what's next in tech!
Feb 1 2012: I am sorry for that kind of approach. But i am just trying to find a pattern. I didn't mean to hurt any of US or European citizen. But you can't ignore the fact than they have more financial ability than eastern people.
As Intel is pushing really hard to make Ultra book a hit product and Dell HP Lenovo Nokia are releasing at least 30 new products over next two years in tablet and ultra-book genre. I think for the next 3-4 yrs. ultra book and tablet is going to rule the market. Maybe surface technology and gesture recognizing tech can take over after that.
Feb 6 2012: Heres a name that doesn't fit with the more finanical ability of the west than east. Saudi Arabia. Or Japan. Also making any generalization like yours has its faults because there will always be exceptions, I believe this is more the point than making it about the east, basicly it is faulty, therefore making your argument or part based on that assumption makes your conclusion and argument questionable.
Jan 26 2012: "I bumped into my friend today.. We both just kept looking at our smartphones and kept walking."
I think you open up a deeper subject of how busy we as a people have become.
So many people are so busy running from home to their job to picking up the kids to making dinner to sleeping (and rightfully so, you have to maintain a fast-paced life in order to survive in our time), that we forget to stop and smell the roses. Sunsets are beautiful; and I'm not talking about the available sunset desktop background for Windows..
It's amazing how technology is chipping away at what the world has to offer.. but it's also amazing at how much technology has to offer and how simple it has made our lives here in the first-world.
Feb 24 2012: Wernher von Braun, in the aftermath of World War II concluded, quote: "science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they're sisters." He put it on a personal basis. I knew Dr. von Braun very well. And he said, "Speaking for myself, I can only say that the grandeur of the cosmos serves only to confirm a belief in the certainty of a creator." He also said, "In our search to know God, I've come to believe that the life of Jesus Christ should be the focus of our efforts and inspiration. The reality of this life and His resurrection is the hope of mankind."
Feb 14 2012: I do not believe this problem is specific to this generation's nature; it seems a common human condition. Herbert Marcuse wrote about this in Eros and Civilization, which is a philosophical critique of Freud's psychoanalytic theories.
You mentioned 'instant gratification', which comes from Freud's pleasure principle. Marcuse argued: "The scope of man's desires and the instrumentalities for their gratification are thus immeasurably increased, and his ability to alter reality consciously in accordance with 'what is useful' seems to promise a gradual removal of extraneous barriers to his gratification. However, neither his desires nor his alteration of reality are henceforth his own: they are now 'organized' by his society. And this 'organization' represses and transubstantiates his original instinctual needs. If absence from repression is the archetype of freedom, then civilization is the struggle against this freedom." I would agree, for the most part.
Marcuse also argues the "reality principle" is the force that works against the pleasure principle; he also says the hold of the reality principle over the pleasure principle is never complete or absolute. I agree with that as well. What we are seeing -- it seems to me -- is a fundamental renegotiation of the relationships among person, society, state, and nature -- even self.
During this renegotiation, the pleasure principle will try to reassert itself. And, why not? After all, we've progressed from the times of the Godkings and the despots to an age of some reason. I think an awareness of this process is prudent, but this is nothing new and I see no reason for this to cause alarm. Perhaps the amplifications of technology increase the severities of our social dysfunctions, but these all seem problems that we can correct with patient, responsible cooperation.
Feb 11 2012: I agree on your "The Now Generation" post. If more people would forgo the constant upgrading of their Iphones and use some of that money toward education tutors for slow children it will be an investment in the New Generation that will have many lives of its own.
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David Tepper runs Appaloosa Management, one of the largest and most successful hedge funds.
Tepper's fund has an impressive track record -- he recently said that $1 million invested in the fund in 1993 would be worth $149 million today.
According to his fund's recent 13F filing, in the second quarter, Tepper made a number of major adjustments to his equity holdings. In particular, his fund sold large chunks of its stakes in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and American International Group (NYSE: AIG).
Tepper continues to cut his exposure to Apple
Tepper's fund was a big buyer of Apple in 2012 -- at its peak, it held nearly one million shares.
But so far in 2013, Tepper's been selling Apple. He sold 40% of his position in the first quarter, cutting his holdings to just half a million shares. In the second quarter, he sold even more -- his fund now holds less than 400,000 shares.
Tepper's stock sales have coincided with a public display of doubt. As stated previously, in May, he told CNBC viewers that, come September, he was hoping to be out of Apple entirely, unless the company did one of three things:
- Release a revolutionary new device (a new product to excite people)
- Sell a cheaper iPhone (get more people into the iOS ecosystem)
- Put out an iPhone with a larger screen (don't lose customers to Samsung)
So far, Apple hasn't done any of those things, and September is about two weeks away. When Appaloosa's next 13F filing comes out, it wouldn't surprise me if Tepper had sold his remaining Apple shares.
Tepper reduced his Microsoft holdings by 59%
Like Apple, Tepper was buying lots of Microsoft stock last year. In the fourth quarter alone, he bought 2 million shares, bringing his total holdings to more than 3 million.
But, in the recent quarter, Tepper cut his Microsoft stake significantly. His fund now holds just 1.4 million shares, down from a peak of about 3.5 million.
Given the recent trend in Microsoft, that might've been a smart move. Microsoft shares tumbled after the company's July earnings report. The PC's decline finally caught up with the Redmond tech giant, with Microsoft admitting that demand for PCs among consumers had fallen about 20%.
David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital also sold its Microsoft stake earlier in the year. In a recent letter to investors, Greenlight said Microsoft's business was in danger of shrinking after a decade of mismanagement.
On the flip side ValueAct has been buying up Microsoft shares, and is reportedly seeking a seat on the board. ValueAct has argued that the decline of the PC is overblown, and that Microsoft's cloud assets are worth more than what investors believe.
Tepper cut his AIG holdings by more than a third
AIG has been a hedge fund hotel in recent months -- it continues to be one of the most popular picks among fund managers.
And it's been a good stock to own: shares are up almost 50% in the last year.
Tepper hasn't given up on AIG entirely -- his fund still owns about 2.8 million shares. But now trading near $48, AIG may finally be topping out.
Whitney Tilson made the case for AIG back in May. With the government cutting its ownership, management is more incentivized to deliver better results. Tilson argued that AIG should be expected to boost its buyback and initiate a dividend.
AIG did just that, paying its first dividend since 2008 this month.
Tilson's price target for AIG was between $54 and $79. If he's right, shares still have potential upside of 12.5%-64%.
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Los Angeles, CA, United States (4E Sports) – Blake Griffin scored 24 in leading the Los Angeles Clippers to its franchise-record 57th victory by beating the Denver Nuggets, 117-105 Tuesday at Staples Center.
Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists, DeAndre Jordan had 13 points and 16 rebounds and JJ Redick added 18 points in the win, which also gave the Clippers a 34-7 franchise mark for home games.
Incidentally, it was also in this game that Griffin earned his 16th technical of the season, which will result in an automatic one-game suspension.
The Clippers scored the game's first 13 points and led all the way.
Paul's 3-pointer followed by 10 points from JJ Redick in a 13-2 Clippers run gave them a 28-10 lead.
Evan Fournier and Aaron Brooks scored back-to-back 3-pointers as the Nuggets closed in 36-26 before Jordan hit aanother basket for the Clippers to end the quarter.
For the entire second quarter the Clippers led by double digits, which reached by as much as 19 points at 63-44.
The Clippers enjoyed an 84-61 advanatged midway in the third but Quincy Miller's three straight 3-pointers kept the Nuggets in the game.
The Nuggets had a 12-2 blast to cut their deficit to 88-80 at the end of the third.
The rally continued early in the fourth that saw the Nuggets got to within five pints at 89-84.
The Clippers answered with a 10-2 run that put them on top 101-88 and allowed them a double-ddigit lead the rest of the way.
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- Mapping tree genetic diversity hotspots in the Americas: There is an increasing recognition of the necessity to assess and optimize conservation actions of socio-economically important tropical tree species. The conservation status of their genetic diversity is often unknown whereas this resource is essential to maintain viable tree populations that can adapt to climate change. Moreover many populations can offer yet-unknown traits for tree domestication. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and ecogeographic analysis could contribute significantly to visualize and understand spatial patterns of tree species´ genetic diversity as a key input to optimize their conservation and use. The aim of this IIP internship is to map the geographic patterns of genetic diversity of 8 socio-economically important neotropical tree species and revise their reproductive biology. This will be done by a literature review of existing population genetic studies. The study species are part of the prioritized species by MAPFORGEN (www.mapforgen.org) that were selected because they are important for people´s livelihoods. Moreover the study species should occur in the same ecosystems; the results can then be used to draw conclusions for forest genetic resources conservation at the ecosystem level. Spatial analyses will be used to determine common patterns of historical dispersal routes and identify genetic hotspots that need to be prioritized for conservation. The results will be combined with threat analysis to determine in which hotspots most urgent conservation is required. The information that the student generates will be relevant to updating MAPFORGEN, an atlas for the conservation of forest genetic resources. The IIP intern will make a report that will be used as input for a scientific journal article and a presentation for conservation organizations that are active in the region.
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Meeting the physical needs of the dying child are aimed at providing as much comfort as possible. The change from curing to caring means providing comfort to the child with the least invasive procedures, while maintaining his/her privacy and dignity. A terminally ill child has many of the same needs as any seriously ill child, including the following:
Specific treatment for pain will be determined by your child's physician based on the following:
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On Wednesday, some who traveled from Columbus and Akron were surprised that the opening show was cancelled.
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- Water -- to cover
- Salt -- 2 teaspoons
- Corn, fresh or frozen -- 2 cups
- Place the peas and potatoes in a large saucepan and add water to cover. Stir in the salt and place over medium flame. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are cooked through. Drain, reserving the liquid.
- Simmer the corn with a little salted water in a separate saucepan for a few minutes while the potatoes and peas are cooking.
- Mash the potatoes and peas together with a potato masher or put through a ricer to form a pale green puree. Stir in the corn with a little of the reserved liquid and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot.
- In Kenya, dried green peas are often used for this dish and need to be soaked in water and then cooked separately from the potatoes.
- Add a little butter to the final puree for a little more flavor if you like.
- Stir some lima beans or sautéed greens into the puree for added flavor, texture and color.
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what would be good to sautee vegetables to go with this?
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Good Questions: How Can I Get Rid of the Smell of Smoke?
Hello AT,
I just bought a small armoire from craigslist. The problem is that it came from a smoker's home and it reeks. I sprayed it with Febreeze, washed it down completely with Murphey's Oil Soap, and have left baking soda sitting inside the drawers and cabinets for 5 days. It still smells! What else should I try?
Thanks! Leslie
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Get the Renuzit Oder Eaters and try leaving one (or more) in there for a few days. I've done that to get the smoke scent out of my clothes when I quit smoking this spring. Might take a week or two but it *did* work.
Kyrdissa: congrats on quitting!
Leslie: Do you have a secure and dry place where you could leave it outside? Fresh air (rare these days, I know) is a great cure for the stinkies.
I third the above posters - try to leave it outside on a sunny day with the drawers and doors open. I frequently buy spent cigar boxes for various projects and a week outside gets the stink out completely. It astonishes me every time.
Very nice find, by the way!
First of all this happened to me with one Craigslist buy(though it was smaller than your item). Since then I ask if items are from a smokefree home.
You can get the smell out it just takes awhile. Heres what I would do. I would get tons and tons of newspaper and stuff it in the drawers to suck up the smoke smell. Then I would get several boxes of Arm & Hammer baking soda from the dollar store and put several around the dresser. Leave this in for awhile- like several days to a week. Replace the newspaper. After a few times the smell should get better. Then I would get an essential oil like tea tree oil or lavender. I would make a solution of alcohol, water and several drops of the essential oil and spray all over the dresser. Be careful to test spot in an inconspicous place to make sure the mixture doesnt mess with the finish. It might still smell after all this. But after awhile in your house it should let off most of its smoke smell.
If any part of the armoire interior is cedar, you could try lightly sanding it, that will bring out the cedar scent which will likely overwhelm the smoke smell. If the interior does not contain cedar, you could try doing the same, that would bring out the scent of the wood, if any, while literally polishing out the embedded smoke particles.
Yes, I would just sprinkle arm and hammer baking soda. If it works for wet smelly sneakers..it should work for your armoire.
I don't know if this would work for cigarette smoke, but it's a trick I use for icky fridge smells: cotton balls soaked in vanilla extract. They suck up the smell and give off something more pleasant without being overwhelming.
If you don't have an outdoor space, open all the drawers and doors and put it in front of the largest window in your apartment for a few days to air it out. Also, you may try dumping some ground cinnamon in with your baking soda. Lastly, clean the exterior with Murphy's oil soap. One other thing I read once was to mix mouthwash with water and spray the interior. I never tried this though, so its not a guarantee.
I also found this about fire damage.....Wood furniture — Most furniture can be cleaned using cotton swabs wetted with mineral spirits. Afterwards the wood should be buffed with diapers or other soft, lint-free cloth. You should be careful to avoid damaging loose veneer (which will require reattachment) or gilt bronze mounts (which may be cleaned with ethyl alcohol).
Good luck.
A small container of white vinegar, left open in each compartment, will neutralize the smell.
All of our closets reeked of smoke - including the cedar lined ones! - and the vinegar trick worked really well. Once you smell vinegar when you open the drawer, instead of smoke, you're done.
You might have to repeat this a few times over the months to be entirely free of the smell.
Generally, use lemon oil on furniture not Murphy's.
Opal's right-- a cup or bowl of white vinegar left inside each drawer or cabinet will do wonders. I've done this and was very happy with the results. It took about a week for the stink to disappear.
Any of the following 3 items left in open containers inside the piece for a few days should work:
1) charcoal (the kind that does NOT have lighter fluid in it),
2) vinegar,
3) coffee grounds.
All of the above have worked for me. Good luck!
I've heard that coffee beans are great for removing odor in smelly furniture.
wow thanks for all the suggestions! Unfortunately, I don't have outdoor space or a window that would be accessible to place the dresser in front of. However, I will try some of the other methods- especially the vanilla or coffee grounds. I've used a cup of vinegar in the bathroom to eliminate odors so maybe that will help as well. Thanks!!
A good scented kitty litter or any of the products suggested to control the odor of kitty litter in the home may help you. There are some 'odor gels' that will absorb the odor, Natural Magic Cat Litter Box Odor Absorbing Gel is one that comes to mind.
I use Zeolite Crystals in all my closets to absorb odors. They come in a pouch and are renewed by placing them in the sun.
I've read of people using an air purifier inside the piece of furniture. They pop it in, close the doors, and let it do it's thing for a good 24 hours.
I've never tried it, myself. But if you happen to have an air purifier it may be worth a shot?
If you cant put it outside - can you leave it open and put a fan in front of it blasting at it for a while? That would have some of the same effect of turning over the air....
The air purifier idea might be a good start. I read somewhere about odor removing companies that use ozone generators to remove heavy duty smells from buildings. I am sure one of these services would be able to tackle a smaller item like an armoire. Ozone, as I understand, is a highly caustic and unstable oxygen molecule that binds to the "smell" molecule and eliminates it. Air purifiers like Ionic Breeze emit ozone, but not in quantities sufficient to tackle a huge problem (or, according to the manufacturer, cause health problems...). You might want to try contacting one of those industrial ozone odor removing companies and see what they suggest.
Wiki How suggests putting the baking soda ON the object - in this instance, rugs
Ionic Breeze air purifiers get horrible reviews in Consumer Reports. I wouldn't buy one for this purpose.
Hi, would the above recommendations work for new Ikea storage boxes? I already have them for 3 weeks, the smell still lingers. The pinewood odor is slowly suffocating me in my room =/
My kitchen was once flooded from the apartment above and the wood cabinets reeked. I placed small cupcake liners filled with flavoured coffee beans (whole) on each shelf and within a week or so, the smell was gone and the cabinet was infused with a nice Kaluha coffee scent. Perhaps vanilla flavoured beans, or any other favourite flavour. Good luck!
I'm told 1st-hand this absolutely worked like a gem when my friend purchased a car w/same problem (expounds on Harley's suggestion):
Brew a whole pot of coffee
Combine the grinds into the brewed coffee
Place mixture inside lrg glass bowl
Let sit for x3 days/nights.
As you have drawers, etc. I'd go for a bowl in ea portal
Post result - am in process of purchasing Jeep from other friend and will need to achieve same result. :)
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Boyd Kane scored 7:06 into overtime and the Hershey Bears beat the Manchester Monarchs 3-2 in overtime in Game 6, clinching their best-of-seven series four games to two. The Bears are headed back to defend last year's Calder Cup title against the winner of the Hamilton/Texas series. This was the fourth overtime game of the series, all of which ironically ended 3-2.
Manchester's John Zeiler opened the scoring with just 17 seconds left in the first period. Gabe Gauthier's initial shot attempt was blocked away, but the Monarchs got traffic in front of Michal Neuvirth and Zeiler banged home the rebound. The visitors increased their lead to 2-0 with another late goal near the end of the second period. More aggressive play in front of the Hershey net led to Joe Piskula's second of the playoffs. The ten thousand plus Bears fans in attendance let their discontent be known, showering the Hershey players with boos after the second period.
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Manchester coach Mark Morris said he thought his young team was going to be ready to handle the crowd in Hershey, certainly more prepared than they were last time. That was evident as the Monarchs controlled things from the start, trying in vain to force a Game 7 tomorrow. Bernier made 28 saves in the losing effort. Neuvirth stopped 32 Monarch shots.
This will likely be a tough one for the Monarchs to stomach given the way the last two games of the series played out. Following a 1-0 shutout in Game 4, Manchester led two separate times in the third period before losing in OT in Game 5. That was a similar story tonight as the Monarchs held the level of play through two periods, only to fold at the end.
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