Emma Brockes,a reporter with the Guardian,believes it is“the bad influence of celebrity(名人)culture”that is to blame.“When children wanted to be doctor,it wasn't because they were really more interested in the functions of human organs than they are now;you go where the respect is.”she wrote.
It could explain why there has been such an increase in levels of anxiety and depression.Dr Carlo Strenger,of Tel Aviv University,studied the sense of self for his new book The Fear of Insigni ficance:Searching for Meaning in the 21st Century.He told the Daily Mail that young people now are“affected by the close connection to the global entertainment network,which has turned ranking and rating people according to wealth and celebrity into an obsession(痴迷).”
“As humans,we naturally measure ourselves to those around us,but now we live in a global village.We are comparing ourselves with the most ‘important' people in the world and finding ourselves wanting,”he said.Today,even high achievers constantly fear that they are insignificant when they compare themselves to success stories in the media.
The way out?Simply stop measuring your achievement through a fantasy of wealth and celebrity.Dr Strenger said that it is a process called“active selfacceptance through a constant search for selfknowledge through life”.
“The fear of insignificance can only be overcome through strong individual and cultural identity over and above measurable achievement,”he said.
【山东省2016届高三外研版英语单元测试Book5 Module2《A Job Worth Doing》Word版含解析】相关文章:
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:选修8 unit4《Pygmalion》
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:选修8 unit3《Inventors and inventions》
★ (安徽专用)2014届高考英语一轮复习方案 作业手册(22)模块8 《Unit 22 Environmental Protection》(含解析) 北师大版必修1
★ 【北京专用】2014届高考英语一轮复习方案课时作业:必修4 Unit 2 Working the land
★ 北京市2014高考英语一轮复习 练习手册(34)选修7 Unit 4 Sharing(含解析)新人教版
★ 2017届江苏省淮安市新马中学高考牛津译林版英语一轮复习活动单:模块6 Unit 4《Helping people around the World》
★ 2014年牛津译林版高中英语总复习(第1轮)同步练习 M1《Unit 2 Growing pains》Word版含解析
★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(二十六)必修5Module 2《A Job Worth Doing》(外研版)
★ 【人教版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导考点针对练:选修8 unit1《A land of diversity》
★ 2014年牛津译林版高中英语总复习(第1轮)同步练习 M10《Unit 3 Protecting ourselves》Word版含解析
最新
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-24
2017-04-21
2017-04-21