The World has Moved On
The world has moved on. It’s a phrase that resonates with me. I would say it’s just another sign that I am getting old but the truth is that when I heard it for the first time when I was 11 it struck a chord. The world is always changing and that change just keeps getting exponentially faster every year. In many ways that change is a positive force, in others it’s a cause for alarm. We can reach out to those on the other side of the planet as easily as those living down the street, yet many seem to be so lost in their digital world that they have lost the ability to connect to those standing next to them. We can get news up to the minute from anywhere on Earth but it seems to have only brought the violence into our homes and in our face. The murder rate per capita has been steadily declining for the last 40 years but anyone with a mobile device will tell you that the world has become a much more violent place. A great writer once wrote that when JFK was killed, America saw the passing ...