The future 'aint what it used to be

I think I'm getting old. I read things on the internet and my thoughts and opinions seem so out of touch with the majority. But I don't think that makes me wrong, necessarily. I watch TV shows and movies and wonder "Why did they have to show that?" or "Is this what people truly want for entertainment?".

I've been told before that I live in the past. Or that I WANT to live in the past. Why wouldn't I? I grew up in the 70's and 80's. The sixties may have been the decade of change, but who could have possibly imagined what the next 20 years would bring? I love that era. It used to bother me to hear people insult the culture of that time, but one day, I realized those people just don't get it. What some people think is awful, cheesy or tacky, might just be wonderful, awesome or cool to others. And usually I end up being one of the "others".

Looking back, I see that things for me started changing around the end of the 80's. The media got nastier. So-called entertainment became crude. People stopped caring about each other and seemed to try every chance they could to make each other look bad. When I was growing up, I found heroes to inspire me to be a better person. All of a sudden, it seemed that no one wanted to be better than they were. They wanted people to accept them as they were without any aspirations for improvement. This started a shift that has now become a full-scale earthquake. This is reflected in all forms of entertainment now. Every character has doubts. No one is confident and sure, rather they are worried and insecure. I don't like this. I like a bright future. I miss it. Although it wasn't one of my favorites, Star Trek had shown us a utopian future where there was no hunger, no poverty, no crime, etc. We looked forward to this and did what we could to get there. In recent years, there has been a push to protect the planet and preserve what we can for future generations. Everywhere you turn, something is carrying on about "going green". But will today's super-cynical world be able to do it? I think that entropy has not only begun, but is rapidly spreading.

That's what the title of this blog is about. Let's hit the pause button on entropy. Let's take a few minutes every chance we can to remember that it wasn't always like it is now. It's a simple thing, but so many times I have seen things on the internet that took me away from my problems and made me smile. Even if it was just for a moment. We don't have to live in the past, but it sure is nice to visit it when we can.