Ivan Moreno, Eco 10/2/14

Eco was a bit easier to understand than the other theorist because it was something that I had experienced first hand. People have become accustomed to having everything available to them at the click of a button and of having everything work correctly. This ideal pattern makes it so that when something goes wrong, people are unable to deal with it and instead become heavily inpatient and irritated. 

The example given in class and the chapter was that of Disneyworld. This "world" brings together the ideal situations that people would find themselves in to truly enjoy a new environment. However, by taking out all of the "malignant" aspects to the world, Disney has created a fake so convincing that it raises the bar too high and makes reality unable to meet expectations. This utopian creation takes away from reality by presenting only positives and no negatives. Therefore, when people decide to go and visit the countries or the environments that they fell in love with at disney, they are baffled by the lack of unconditional love and magic.

On a broader scale, people of the newer generations are no longer able to handle disappointment as well. The dependance on a fake world or a bubble makes it difficult to properly educate because no one wants to live in a world of fear or mishaps. In most cases, people would prefer to be oblivious to the outside world's problems rather than face them.