Well, with great thanks to our friend John Caswell who's blog is always thought provoking and causes good discussion amongst us here at On Purpose (which you can find here) we'd like to share this with you.
Dear Old People Who Run The World.
- My generation would like to break up with you. Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world - and what we want from it. I think we have irreconcilable differences.
- You wanted big, fat, lazy “business.” We want small, responsive, micro-scale commerce. You turned politics into a dirty word. We want authentic, deep democracy - everywhere.
- You wanted financial fundamentalism. We want an economics that makes sense for people - not just banks. You wanted shareholder value - built by tough-guy CEOs. We want real value, built by people with character, dignity, and courage.
- You wanted an invisible hand - it became a digital hand. Today’s markets are those where the majority of trades are done literally robotically. We want a visible handshake: to trust and to be trusted.
- You wanted growth - faster. We want to slow down - so we can become better.
- You didn’t care which communities were capsized, or which lives were sunk. We want a rising tide that lifts all boats. You wanted to biggie size life: McMansions, Hummers, and McFood. We want to humanize life.
- You wanted more money, credit and leverage - to consume ravenously. We want to be great at doing stuff that matters.
- You sacrificed the meaningful for the material: you sold out the very things that made us great for trivial gewgaws, trinkets, and gadgets. We’re not for sale: we’re learning to once again do what is meaningful.
You can find the original post here with the vast debate in the comments afterwards -
Friends of On Purpose - what do you think? Does it strike a chord with you or incite you?
We'll be talking more of our thoughts on 'Millenial Generation' / 'Generation M' soon....
Well that's not entirely true, since many older people are also disenfranchised from the world described.
ReplyDeleteIt's a mistake for this reason to make this a generation thing. After all, those involved first in 'creating localised people-centered economics on a global basis' were from the generation called baby boomers.
Perhaps it's evn dishonest in that once again it has the effect of disenfranchising the pioneers in favour of new rhetoric.