SJSA Comment

One situation of the youth that needs to be highlighted is our growing obsession with convenience. We grew up in the world where almost all basic important things are attained instantly. We have instant communication, instant food, and instant answers. This has been very helpful for mankind in terms of efficiency but we should consider its impact in the very heart of a young human person. This whole obsession is making our world smaller in an accelerating pace. We are starting to live in a constructed reality - that our entire world resides on a computer screen and worst thing is, we feel a sense of “security” from it. This mindset where we operate nurtures a sense of disengagement. This disengagement from the real world has contributed much in the growing confusion, apathy and disempowerment among the youth. It contributed to us losing touch with our true selves and compels us to peg our identity to superficial and ephemeral trends. If unchecked, a whole generation can be lost.