2007-03-20 09:01:31 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ego.
2007-03-20 09:04:32 · answer #1 · answered by ShanShui 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for the individual person, history starts on the day they are born, and as they look backward on the past, it is all they can know, the future is a blank, so it is natural is it not to get the idea that yours is the greatest generation ever.? Indeed it is the most advanced, so it feels like the top of the heap, because at the time, it is.
2007-03-20 09:09:00 · answer #2 · answered by Charles V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because every generation is....at least every generation has the potential to bring about the culmination of history. Actualizing that potential is the hard part.
2007-03-20 09:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because we're currently at the summit of technology, but we're always at the summit of technology.
2007-03-20 09:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Incoherent Fool 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you will have a hard time getting any of us in Generation X to claim that
2007-03-20 09:04:11 · answer #5 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While you are living it it really is the summit for you that's why!
2007-03-20 09:04:57 · answer #6 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we're the most current and we think we've out done the generations before us.
2007-03-20 09:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by kaehya2003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple - Humans are prideful critters
2007-03-20 09:05:20 · answer #8 · answered by BaseballGrrl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because man is so short sighted, egotistical and cannot comprehend an existence outside their own lifespan.
2007-03-20 09:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by circusmort 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because we all see fault in our ancestors (because we're "doing it all better") and cannot conceive of the improvements our successors will make (or we would do it already).
2007-03-20 09:12:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋