Of course every generation says my generation was better in some way because the known is easier to understand and appreciate than the newer, unknown culture is. But that does not mean they are wrong, although they may be overlook a few things. Old people are not as stupid as they seem (just kidding). The present generation has better opportunities for education, wealth, health, happiness, comfort, and security. However the present media-saturated culture tends to produce a type of person who very is pop-culture oriented and does not think originally or individually. Pop culture generally swings to the commercial and the mediocre; this is what makes it pop culture. People who are saturated with it- as more are now than ever before- know less about better ways of living.

There is a parallel thing, that technology brings a higher level of comfort and standard of living. As silly as it may sound, I have to say that this is a formula for satiation and complacency. If people who are not stirred to ask deeper questions as with say, a world war or a vietnam veteran, do not now to ask about deeper meaning and deeper enrichment of the self than they otherwise would. I am not for going backwards in lifestyle, I embrace innovations and recently got a palm pilot which I have no idea how to turn on, but I think there is a loss as technology insulates us more and more from the natural world.