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		<title>Lost Generation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Reed won second place in AARP's U@50 video contest launched in 2007.  Contestants were asked to create 2-minute video describing their vision of the future; what life would be like by the time they turned 50.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jonathan Reed won second place in AARP&#8217;s U@50 video contest launched in 2007.  Contestants were asked to create 2-minute video describing their vision of the future; what life would be like by the time they turned 50.</p>
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<p>Here is the text.  Read it and then read it again in reverse. </p>
<p>Lost Generation by Jonathan Reed</p>
<p>I am part of a lost generation<br />
and I refuse to believe that<br />
I can change the world<br />
I realize this may be a shock but<br />
“Happiness comes from within.”<br />
is a lie, and<br />
“Money will make me happy.”<br />
So in 30 years I will tell my children<br />
they are not the most important thing in my life<br />
My employer will know that<br />
I have my priorities straight because<br />
work<br />
is more important than<br />
family<br />
I tell you this<br />
Once upon a time<br />
Families stayed together<br />
but this will not be true in my era<br />
This is a quick fix society<br />
Experts tell me<br />
30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce<br />
I do not concede that<br />
I will live in a country of my own making<br />
In the future<br />
Environmental destruction will be the norm<br />
No longer can it be said that<br />
My peers and I care about this earth<br />
It will be evident that<br />
My generation is apathetic and lethargic<br />
It is foolish to presume that<br />
There is hope.</p>
<p>And all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it .</p>
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