The tempo we live in

I think the rise of the violence in young adults is due to the tempo of our generation. We are in an insanely fast past moving world, and she just keeps spinning faster. With technology and the access to information it will drive any normal person crazy. So those who are boarder-line crazy as it is, are likely to go over board, because they will feel pressured and out of control. That is my belief.

Even 50 years ago, even though that was during the Vietnam war, people didn't have the same access to the rest of the world we have now. news could come with in 24 hours over the radio, images and footage would take up to a few days. As now we saw the impact of Sandy with in seconds of her hitting land. We saw Japan, the revolution in Libya and we even hear about who is hooking up with who, the neighbor shot in cold blood down the street. Our minds were not designed to take all of this information in at once with out feeling emotion and being over whiled. After a while people start to shut off there humanity and emotion towards all of the news.

Also with the new medias we as the children of this generations, have been raised with bloody video games, TV and movie dramas. We have seen footage of car rec's and other traumatic events. Since most of us have been introduced to these things from a young age, we have numbed out and quickly accepted violence as part of our culture.

Think back to when y'all were about 13-16 years old. What was a big event that had currently happened? Something that still makes you feel a strong emotion? Reason why I pick that age, is because that is the huge turning point from child to adolescents and between those ages, that's when you start to realize how big the world really is, but you still have the heart of a child and you think you can typically fix and concur the world. at that age.  For me It was Hurricane Katrina, I thought I could make a difference, I tried to make a fundraiser and all of that jazz... to young to realize I wasn't much help, but old enough to see this was a disaster.

So I think all is due to the speed of our world and understanding of every thing. We have all been forced to grow up faster than generations before us. We have been told by our parents to never walk alone down a street, because there are always bad guys, And I think that's where some people go wrong, they become afraid of  not being the ones with power, the ones in control, the ones who have made a name from them selves. So I believe many teens choice the path of violence because it makes them in charge, and its easier than making a name for your self though failures and successes, it is also quicker.

For relationships, Its seen on the internet, news and even in life, It has become so easy for abuse to brake out, no one even bats an eye until it gets bad. So it has also become an easy way to not lose some one, but also not work on your own problems. Since no one questions, it has just been blown out of proportion. There are so many things in our fast world, not many people have taken the time to focus on these problems when there is much bigger issues to battle with.