So a recent study came out basically saying that college students are 30% more narcissistic than the ones polled in 1982. That's a huge increase, and a quite alarming one to me. I do not think it's much of a stretch, considering that our society is very much an individualistic one, and constantly bombards us with self-revolving messages like "whatever makes you happy". This is fine in stuff that only affects us on a personal level, but what about the things that affect those around us, and society as a whole? What if it makes Joe Shmoe "happy" to run off with the secretary, leaving his wife and kids to pick up the pieces of their broken home? This is when it starts to gets sticky, and where I think people need to think beyond just themselves. The study attributes alot of this to the advent of technology, i.e. youtube, blogs (haha), etc, everyone can now showcase themselves to the rest of the world. Perhaps it can go to one's head. Who knows. I think it's interesting that they only included college students in this study, I'm sure that this has affected adults as well. I'm curious to see what other peoples' thoughts are on this topic, and if you think there is any kind of antidote to stop it from getting any worse.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_re_us/self_centered_students_1
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