Paul Roberts The Impulse Society Analysis

Our society has become, “The Impulse Society”, which is not the best thing that America could have turned into. It’s the truth though. Paul Roberts, examined and explained how our society and the way we live has changed over the last couple years. Roberts looks at how the academic fields of study have shaped the way high schoolers and college students have changed their ways of living. America, as Paul Roberts tells us, have turned ourselves into, “DIY” citizens, narcissists, and how money is changing the mindset of many high school and college students. To start off, the professions of psychology and business administration, are two jobs that explain everything Paul Roberts is trying to get across to his readers. New generations of kids feel …show more content…
Recent generations have become so familiarized with new technology, which they tend to get caught up with social media. The definition of a Narcissist is, “a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.” Becoming so caught up with yourself, creates a large lack in good judgment for avoiding dangerous situations and you forget to attend obligations that you normally would attend. Many young relationships do not stick, because of the lack of commitment. The morals are lost. Children are so caught up with TV shows or their IPad games, that they lose the ability to interact with other children their age or even older human beings. These electronics have also hidden the disastrous changes in which our climate is overtaking. American’s love themselves and what they are. Many forget we have a planet to take care. We also feel the need to always receive positive compliments in pretty much everything we do, whether it’s how we look, or how were perform a certain …show more content…
They don’t care how they get it, no interest needed. This is looking at more the business administration route. You ask a senior in high school what they want to do after high school, the answer is almost always, “Well… get a job that makes a lot of money”. The true meaning of how your interests should shape what you go to college for and what kind of job you will have in the future are distinguished. Kids these days, believe that everything is done for making money, and becoming a famous celebrity. The invention of the Television, shows students what it takes to become famous easily, which leads to working in large companies, such as “Goldman Sachs”, just because they will be famous with lots of money in their pockets. “The Impulse Society”, has made our kiddos more greedy, narrow-minded, and has turned into a bad habit as a norm. The concept of, “work” as been degraded immensely. Children look up to their parents and grandparents to examine how much money they are receiving and how they are working, to show them how much money they could earn doing the same thing. interested is not a factor in what they do for their job, they just see the dollar signs behind the checks they see every two weeks or so. The best quote from Paul Roberts is, “Now there is models of wealth and no models of hard work getting you somewhere anymore.” The hardworking citizens are