Culture
Making A Difference In An Apathetic Culture
Apathy—it’s running unchecked on our college campuses, seeping into our business meetings and creating a culture full of colossal egos with little to no room for a heart.
By Noelle Ottinger2 min read
In 2011, The University of Michigan rated college students as scoring 40% lower on scales of empathy, compared to the 1970s and 1980s. Imagine the scores now. Who or what is to blame? Technology seems to draw the proverbial pointed fingers: Instagram, Twitter, Hulu, etc.—It’s steering our culture into a vast sea of screen-filled faces with heads turned down. The search for meaning is now found at a swipe in an App-saturated society.