We are a nation of adolescents. Being serious is looked at as being uncool or foolish. Everyone is living in the moment and no one is thinking about the future in a serious manner. If they are, they're following a prescribed lifepath, like pensions, or standard career ladders, both of which are obsolete and going away. No one dresses up for church or even family get togethers. Hell people don't even dress up for interviews anymore. No one has any connection to anyone anymore, or any professionalism. Its either whats good for them and them alone, or whats good for the company, and screw the employees. This attitude of indifference to excellence, of subpar dedication, of letting things "fall down around you", is what is bedeviling America. We've lost our drive as a nation. And I believe its time we brought it back. I believe we can, if we try, aim higher, and rouse others to do the same. That we shouldn't settle any more for this cancer of indifference, letting society fall to decadence and apathy. That these things are not, and should not, be treated as acceptable any more. More than anything, today, what America needs, is good examples, and people still willing to try.