Entropy

The sky is falling.

Online Etymology Dictionary
entropy

1868, from Ger. Entropie "measure of the disorder of a system," coined 1865 (on analogy of Ger. Energie) by physicist Rudolph Clausius (1822-1888) from Gk. entropia "a turning toward," from en- "in" + trope "a turning" (see trope).

American Heritage Dictionary
entropy
4. The tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity.
5. Inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society

It truly seems to me (yes, even me, the eternal optimist!)that we are at a nexus, a crossroad, a point of no return--something big here, anyway. I don't know what to call it, and I don't have ample evidence for anything, but I feel it. Don't you?

The stock market is more volitile than it has been in history. We're spending more as a nation and in debt more as individuals than ever before. We have bizarre doings in abundance in politics, global inequities, and general unrest.

At the same time, we have a population of sheep that is inclined toward "inert uniformity" locked in the doldrums of television and a pop culture that's lost its poop.

This is an uneasy time to be a parent. It makes one sometimes regret those moments of reproductive rhapsody, for what have conceived and borne must bear out this strange new world, and we (parents) are too-soon going to leave them to it, to fend for themselves.

Hell, it's an uneasy time to be anyone. If I were only a pet owner, I'd have misgivings about what my poor beagle was to be subjected to in his 12 years.

Students must have a terrible time sleeping at night, for they are less insulated from/more immersed in the wild New World. Apparently, they have grown up with it and have a degree of immunity or deniability, for they cope amazingly well with pressures of the media, of peer groups, of the economy that won't let them enjoy childhood, let alone their college years.

Too much pressure. I just wonder how long it can all endure w/out some collapse and restructuring...and I wonder if maybe, just maybe, that would actually be a good thing.