Hypothesis
I've always held the belief that humans haven't changed at all throughout history, only our environment hasÂ…for better or worse. This thought has been reinforced off and on throughout the years, so I feel pretty secure about it.
I've sort of come up with another, that our society tends to go through periods of over indulgence and then, as if in repentance, we decided to tone back down. This is probably a glaring over simplification of what occurs, but sometimes I really hope that the last two decades of what seems to be a slow downward slide into ever increasing depravity and disrespect will reverse itself.
And I think it's the disrespect that bothers me the most, there just seems to be so little of it now-a-days, especially from kids. Perhaps as adults we don't demand it enough or we don't care enough to act as role models for the children around us.
Anyway, just some random thoughts.