Does anyone else feel like the generational gap is too big?

[JTsyo]

One example I always see is the RIAA, instead of adopting to the new technology they are still trying to sell CDs.

I don't think in everyday things, poeple are changing that much. Maybe a bit of the pussification of America like everyone has been complaining about but I'm sure those from the 30s said that about the greatest generation and them about the hippes and so on. What might be happening though is that the fringe is getting more exposure through all the different medias. This is warping our view on society. For each person that shows up on the news or on Youtube, there's thousands that are just living ordinary lives.

 

[yllus]

Blockbuster gambled wrong. It could have easily gone the other way. The content hasn’t changed, just the delivery model. When downloading and streaming first started, I knew tons of people that weren’t with it because they wanted the physical copy they could do whatever with.

No, not really. It was always going to end up being a set-top box in your home theatre that you can order movies from instantly, with a mid-level step of discs in the mail. That's always been obvious. That Blockbuster failed to capitalize on at least that middle step is a screw up of historic proportions.

The purpose of the companies in this field is not to look at what people are uneasy with today. Their job to look to the future to ensure their company is part of it.

Actually I'm just making shit up. People have always been lazy fucks. If there's a shortcut way of fixing something, you know that's how it goes. If doing the right thing makes you look bad, you know it won't happen.

Yep. The good old days were exactly the same - provincially-minded managers have been the death of their companies since when companies were first being formed.

Apologies in advance... this is going to sound very P&N-ish, but the problem is that we have an elected government in a media-centric society. An elected official worries more about their reelection than attempting to do what is right. A somewhat opinion-laden example could be how a senator for a corn-producing state would try and push and/or vote for any pro-ethanol measures regardless of how they truly affect the consumers (other than the ones in his own region).

I actually think a major issue in the American political/legal system is that too many of your positions are elected, and the period people are elected to are for too short a time. Do judges and prosecutors need to be elected? They end up doling out justice that makes them look good instead of what's right. And they have to make these big cases every 4 years or so. Why not make terms 10 years long, one or two terms max? There'd be much less incentive for grandstanding.

 

[JS80]

This is why new companies can become billion dollars companies in 1 year. This could never happen 20+ years ago. The old guard/dinosaurs will have their funeral soon enough, and their money will be worth a lot less.

 

[Joseph F]

Yeah, because by the time they are 2 the world will end.

Not sure if serious...

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I feel a mass exodus to Canada in the next 25 years. Maybe 50.

But that will be due to global warming raising the average temps above freezing. :biggrin:

 

[highland145]

But that will be due to global warming raising the average temps above freezing. :biggrin:

And Atlanta being under water.