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 bytough-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 exurbs, sprawl, and gated anti-communities.We want a society built onauthentic community. 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. The Generation M Manifesto by UMAIR HAQUE blogs.hbr.org/2009/07/today-in-capitalism-20-1/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:27:49 +0000
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