| A Paradigm Shift is when a significant change | | | | youth today are chillingly revelational.Youth's |
| happens - usually from one fundamental view to a | | | | opposition to authority may not have always |
| different view. In most cases, some type of | | | | been in the best interest of humanity; however, it |
| major discontinuity occurs as well.Thomas Kuhn | | | | was the Paradigm shift that led to revolutional |
| wrote about Paradigm Shift during the early | | | | changes that improved racial tensions and |
| 1960s, and explained how "series of peaceful | | | | relationships, opened communication lines to |
| interludes punctuated by intellectually violent | | | | outside nations, and ended the Vietnam War.The |
| revolutions" caused "one conceptual world view to | | | | end result included varying degrees of negative |
| be replaced by another view."In laymen terms, | | | | and positive transformations that allowed people |
| Paradigm Shift is a popular, or perhaps, not so | | | | to open their hearts and minds to multicultural |
| popular shift or transformation of the way we | | | | diversity; and promoted liberty and freedom -- on |
| Humans perceive events, people, environment, | | | | the flipside of the shift, there was increased |
| and life altogether. It can be a national or | | | | promiscuity, higher divorce rates, higher drug use, |
| international shift, and could have dramatic effects | | | | and imposed socialistic views and applications of |
| -- whether positive or negative -- on the way we | | | | welfare systems.Today's Paradigm ShiftIn lieu of |
| live our lives today and in the future.Paradigm | | | | recent times; however, a Paradigm Shift has been |
| Shift: A SummaryIn today's society, we've all | | | | evolving. Have you been paying attention? Youth |
| witnessed a major shift already. When we look | | | | -- today, is seemingly under the hypnotic spell of |
| back upon "counterculture" (More information here: | | | | invisible censorship. What is "invisible censorship?" |
| we trace some of the origins to the definition of | | | | Local news stations often report half-truths, or |
| "Paradigm Shift."During the counterculture era | | | | biased news reports in relation to national and |
| (1960s-1970s), younger generations opposed | | | | international events; including: environmental, global, |
| authority and were very much at odds with | | | | and political reports. Many traditional educational |
| society's accepted belief systems and standards | | | | systems are imposing personal political views upon |
| of living. In the counterculture movement (fueled | | | | students; and incorporate these beliefs and |
| by the Vietnam War), social conservatives were | | | | attitudes into instructional plans. Other invisible |
| deemed "social repressionists."The enlightening | | | | censorship, is the fact that many events are |
| Paradigm Shift exploded into innovative ideas | | | | brushed under the rug and are not given |
| about religion, society and spirituality, | | | | adequate media coverage as opposed to |
| notwithstanding traditional Western ideologies.In | | | | propaganda-style news.So, in essence, what does |
| today's society, we see a shift toward a more | | | | this Paradigm Shift translate to with regard to |
| blinded-oppresionistic view; breed by censorship. | | | | human life and environmental habits? What could |
| The ironic juxtapositions between the Paradigm | | | | be the possible outcome of such dynamic and |
| Shift of nearly half a century ago and society's | | | | interventional metamorphosis?Your thoughts? |