Are we having fun yet?

 

I think the key is mindfulness.

We've all had the experience of scrolling mindlessly through sites on the internet, only to look up and be surprised how much time has gone by.  We're not refreshed, we aren't happy, we didn't learn anything, and part of our life is now gone forever.

We have to pay attention.  And yes, I appreciate the irony, but:

Values

"Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist, and finally left stranded in the street to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them."  ~Huey P. Newton

If a television show said a dirty word or flashed a quick peek at a boobie, their call center would light up from angry parents; apologies would be made, fines would be paid, jobs would be sacrificed.

But when almost 10 minutes of every half-hour is dedicated to preaching the Gospel of Materialism, teaching children that happiness is something you buy and a well-lived life is measured in possessions, all you get is crickets…

Person-Oriented

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a 'thing-oriented' society to a 'person-oriented' society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered."  ~Martin Luther King, Jr. (source)