March 24, 2013
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Jax!
I’ve always loved babies. Now since I don’t have any kids of my own, I don’t have to deal with the crying, the shitting, the vomiting, or any of the other unpleasantness that comes with babies. Sure it is easy for me to love babies if I’m able to cherry pick the good moments. But even when they are crabby they still are adorable in a way. And the tinier the more adorable. Seriously how could you not just fall in love with a little tiny, sleeping baby. And oh my gosh the laugh. Is there anything as cute as making a baby laugh?
But another thing I love about babies is the potential. I look at the baby and think “shit, what is this baby going to see in his/her lifetime”? How much will the world change between now and when the baby grows up and lives out their lives? If I had to average out the age of the people who read this on a regular basis I would imagine it puts the median age at somewhere between 30-35. Just think about how much the world has changed in the last 30 years. And the more time goes by, the faster the world changes. By the time our lives are over the world is going to be drastically different from the world we entered.
Now think about a baby that is born this year. The world was already moving fast. Life expectancy would have that baby living until, get this, the next century. If that is the case than that baby will probably live through something like 15 U.S. presidencies. And how about the technological advances that child will see. When I was born there was no internet, no cell phones, and it was at the dawn of cable t.v. Now you can WATCH t.v. on your phone via the internet. Back then I bet there was no way anybody ever thought that would be possible. Just think of what we will be doing 80 years from now?
What about the advancements in social causes? There are people alive right now who were born before women had the right to vote. And now not only do they have the right to vote but some of them hold prominent political offices and we are probably not that far off from electing our first female president. When my oldest sibling was born in 1956, parts of the country were still segregated and blacks did not have the guaranteed right to vote. And now? We have a half black president. When I was born in 1975, being gay was still very taboo and for the most part considered wrong. And now? We are probably on the cusp of gay marriage becoming legal everywhere. Can you even possibly fathom the advancements we will make by the end of the century?
All this because of a baby. How awesome is that?
Comments (3)
I’m expecting voice activated stuff to take off. Ovens, TVs, etc.
@PennyLumpkins - yeah I’m thinkin you are dead on with that. shit I’ve already got a car that has some limited voice activation with regards to the phone and ipod.
I have thought that about my own children. Just watching Avery (who is not even 2) and can turn on the ipad, slide the screen and open the app she wants. It’s amazing to me. I have a feeling gay rights will stop being such a big thing….people will be seen as people and anyone can marry anyone. I think we’ll definitely have a woman as President. It’s exciting to see what will happen, but it’s scary too. People are capable of horrible things….and i have always believed that the end of mankind will not be some natural disaster, but by mankind…like chemical warfare gone bad.