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Aug 13 15 1:27 PM
The selfie symptomatic of the rise of a nation of narcissists
I WAS at a mountain retreat. The scenery was breathtaking. A group of teenagers came onto the timber deck and were blown away by the view. “Wow”, they gasped bringing out their mobiles. And then they started snapping their faces and each other’s, all making kissy-pouty lips and donkey ears with their fingers, hats pulled down over faces, breasts pushed forward. The Facebook page would surely tell us they were at the Golden Mountain lookout and “it was awesome and amazing” but their heads and breasts would block any view. It would easy to describe the behaviour as self-obsessed and exhibitionist. But the issue is more complex than that. And far more troubling. If one is to take the word of experts who are looking into the behaviour of young people, we are looking at a selfie-led Armageddon. The end of society as we know it. We are breeding a generation of potentially ruthless narcissists who might not develop empathetic centres in their brains. Lack of empathy is what causes much destructive and aberrant behaviour in our society.
I WAS at a mountain retreat. The scenery was breathtaking. A group of teenagers came onto the timber deck and were blown away by the view. “Wow”, they gasped bringing out their mobiles. And then they started snapping their faces and each other’s, all making kissy-pouty lips and donkey ears with their fingers, hats pulled down over faces, breasts pushed forward.
The Facebook page would surely tell us they were at the Golden Mountain lookout and “it was awesome and amazing” but their heads and breasts would block any view.
It would easy to describe the behaviour as self-obsessed and exhibitionist. But the issue is more complex than that. And far more troubling. If one is to take the word of experts who are looking into the behaviour of young people, we are looking at a selfie-led Armageddon. The end of society as we know it. We are breeding a generation of potentially ruthless narcissists who might not develop empathetic centres in their brains. Lack of empathy is what causes much destructive and aberrant behaviour in our society.
Read more @ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/health-wellbeing/the-selfie-symptomatic-of-the-rise-of-a-nation-of-narcissists/story-fnr5f5xi-1227273598036
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