> "Ask people in their 20s and 30s what they think about the world, and over half of them will say the world's going to shit in one way or another. I know people on both sides of the political spectrum that will say that. This isn't a good sign for society."

Do you know the song, "We didn't Start the Fire"? [1] Great song. It was released in 1989 - check out the lyrics. Even more interesting though is why the song was written. [2] Billy Joel was in a recording studio talking to a friend of John Lennon's son, who was 21 at the time. They had a conversation:

- Friend: It's a terrible time to be 21 [because the world's going to shit]

- Billy Joel: Yeah, I remember when I was 21 – I thought it was an awful time and we had Vietnam, and y'know, drug problems, and civil rights problems and everything seemed to be awful.

- Friend: Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's different for you. You were a kid in the fifties and everybody knows that nothing happened in the fifties.

- Billy Joel: Wait a minute, didn't you hear of the Korean War or the Suez Canal Crisis?

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire#His...