All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Everything is so unstable in these times of progress at any cost, and social customs and methods of life alter so rapidly, that a few years now suffice to change completely the face of usages which, at their inception, bade fair to outlive the age - so enthusiastically were they welcomed by the public.
During the 80s and 90s, we all became consumed with ourselves. In the 21st century, we've come back to simpler times. People are struggling economically and this has forced them to scale back the material aspects of their lives and realise the beauty of finding the simple joy in being with the people we love.
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
Some people just don't have the tools to deal with the stuff life throws at them.
When the new becomes commonplace, people become accustomed to it. That's a tribute to our sense of adventure.
Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.
We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
Nobody likes to throw stuff away. It's just antithetical to our sense of being a person. But we're all habituated to that way of living today.
Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.