I’ve been meaning to write this post for a long time and in fact had a few lines written on my personal Trello. Procrastination wins sometime.
It’s Diwali holidays (Happy Diwali 😘) and I came across this post only to realise, there’s no reason to delay penning down my thoughts on such judgements https://twitter.com/laurennnjoness2/status/1059966913311395842
It’s a bit invigorating to find such comments made time and again against youngsters. What these people don’t realize is the importance of popular culture.
When I was little, almost everyone around me would watch some tv series and discuss it during school breaks. I couldn’t because we didn’t have cable connection back then. Not knowing what these tv series were about meant I missed out on the opportunity to socialize with some of the classmates. I went on to make other friends and socialize on different aspects. My closest friends during school time were those who lived in the same building. I had to rely on proximity to make friends. These are some of my closest friends till date and I have no qualms regarding it but I can’t stop to think about the opportunity cost. Could I have made more connects if I were aware of pop culture? I would never know. This isn’t me blaming my parents for not having cable during those initial years, if I really wanted it, perhaps I would have asked for it. The fact that I didn’t (or did I? I don’t remember) meant I was content with what I was being offered.
Your network is very important for your general growth. If you’ve read my yesterday’s post you’d know what I’m talking about. Once you grow up, your next job typically comes from your network. Your career advice comes from your network. It’s all about your rolodex.
En fin, I’m not encouraging youngsters from not learning about Mr Yuri Gagarin and his accomplishments but let’s not discount knowing ones pop culture either.