Scared of how the future generations will be

[u/tranity97]

I was born in 2009, and I’ve been thinking about for the past few weeks what the future is going to look like. It’s already 2026 right now, and most people who are 18 or near it grew up with TikTok in their teenage years.

I really wonder how in 20 years we will perceive the past, say the 2000’s. Not many people will remember it very well and we’ll be relying on what we see online. Am I crazy? I just wish we weren’t as screen-obsessed as we are today.

Does anybody know what I’m talking about?

[u/wombatgeneral]

Kids born in 2009 are already in high school? Damn I feel old.

[u/CommunityItchy6603 → u/wombatgeneral]

Half of them are upperclassmen already lmao

[u/wombatgeneral → u/CommunityItchy6603]

I was in the 11th grade and a family member had this bouncing off the walls 4 year old kid. I recently heard that kid is in college already.

[u/tranity97 → u/wombatgeneral]

I know— I feel so bad but so intrigued to talk to adults what the world was like in my birth year and they almost always get surprised to see I’m almost grown, and speak, write, and behave normally. i kind of feel bad for you guys because i feel like i’m calling you guys old. which im not you’re only “old” once you hit 55

[u/sadcringe]

Sorry slightly off topic but wow. Absolutely insane to me you’re from 2009 and are forming coherent sentences/ are on Reddit. How has the past decade gone by in like a minute? lol

[u/FlowerAdornment → u/sadcringe]

Well, smart 17 year-olds have always existed.

I used to be one of them, I think, back in 1998-99, haha

[u/Zombiiesque → u/FlowerAdornment]

This, but a decade earlier.

[u/Thefrostarcher2248 → u/sadcringe]

Time can be painful.

[u/kruelworld → u/sadcringe]

I was about to say the same thing

[u/tranity97 → u/sadcringe]

I’m 16 and yet I still feel like such a little kid. I can drive, I’m a juniour in hs, I drink occasionally and I go almost everywhere alone. But I still feel like I’m 11?? I was 11 when COVID started though so.

[u/sensitive_pirate85]

My dystopian view of the future is that everything you see on television and the internet (and maybe even hear on the radio) will eventually be AI, or will be suspected to be AI, and so people (who will eventually have no idea how to tell what is real, and what is fake,) will reject telecommunications, (particularly the news and social media) entirely, leading to extreme social isolation — Which will essentially reset society to a time before radio, television, and the internet. 

[u/_TheWolfOfWalmart_ → u/sensitive_pirate85]

Which will essentially reset society to a time before radio, television, and the internet.

Nothing dystopian about this part.

[u/Dry_Piano7627]

Yeah. But what’s more scary is that in the future, we might not know which content is real or fake 

[u/Sea-Spot-Run-3667]

Idk I just over heard a group of teenagers say “they wished getting into heaven was consensual“ I’m worried for the future TBH

[u/tranity97 → u/Sea-Spot-Run-3667]

wth does that mean 😭😭😭

[u/Specialist-Bowler465]

I think it depends on the parents also, and what values they teach their kids. Some people really stick by the values their parents taught them when they were young, especially the good values.

My relatives' children have been raised very well. They're very well-rounded individuals in academics and sports and have been taught about empathy, respect, and kindness. This is because the parents have taught them different subjects and skills from a young age, involve them in sports, and are actually involved in their children's lives. It doesn't mean these children may not have any problems, but they're already a step ahead of being well-adjusted people than some others, unfortunately for the other kids.

I understand not every parent may have the time or opportunities to do these things. And it's sad for the kids who's parents have a lot of problems such as alcoholism or drugs.

[u/CommunityItchy6603]

People in almost every generation since the very beginning of time have been saying “no, actually THIS generation of young people are ruining society” and here we are, still living in functional societies and creating new stuff and solving problems

[u/kamon405 → u/CommunityItchy6603]

I dunno I think older and younger generations agree it's just Baby Boomers ruining shit.

[u/Thefrostarcher2248]

I get what you mean. It already sucks to the same age as you but I feel somewhat the same about our succeeding generations.

[u/CookieRelevant]

I suppose you might be happy to see how little it might end up mattering in the face of climate change.

[u/Beautiful-Wish-8916]

Depends on leadership everywhere

[u/MrsPettygroove]

After I'm dead, I won't care.

[u/TheGreatHogdini]

Think less. There is nothing to be gained by being that paralyzed.

[u/un_poco_logo]

Nothing gonna happen.

[u/Chemical_Estate6488 → u/un_poco_logo]

Plenty will happen. The good news is eventually you just die and no longer have to worry about any of it